Impact of Headache and Over-the-Counter Treatment on Pain and Functional and Cognitive Parameters: A Real-World Study across Three Geographies
The study shows that headache intensity significantly affects cognitive and functional aspects, as well as overall quality of life, for sufferers globally. It confirms the effectiveness of OTC medications and suggests using headache intensity as a self-assessment tool for symptom severity, highlighting the need for new parameters in the OTC domain to improve public health benefits.
Authors
- Mamoru Shibata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2416-4259)
- Luminita Constantin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1754-6478)
- Chris Colby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1013-880X)
- Caroline Amand
- Andreas Straube (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0765-3760)
- Mário Fernando Prieto Peres (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0068-1905)
- Mary Kay Margolis
- Peter J. Goadsby
- Andrew Stewart
- Valentine Polivka
Institutions
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
- Wilmington University (US)
- Sanofi (France) (FR)
- LMU Klinikum (DE)
- AVEO Oncology (United States) (US)
- Tokyo Dental College Ichikawa General Hospital (JP)
- Sanofi (United States) (US)
- King's College Hospital (GB)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pain and Therapy
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s40122-024-00703-5
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Migraine and Headache Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.88
Funders
- Sanofi