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. 2021 Apr 13;22(1):24. doi: 10.1186/s10194-021-01237-3

Table 2.

Symptomatic medication use (frequency) overall and by headache type (N = 2505)

Headache type n Preceding week Preceding 4 weeks
days (mean ± SD)
All headache (all ages) 1858 0.5 ± 1.0 1.5 ± 2.8
 ages 7–11 y 866 0.5 ± 1.0 1.1 ± 2.3
 ages 12–17 y 992 0.5 ± 1.0 1.8 ± 3.1
Migraine 519 0.8 ± 1.2 2.0 ± 2.5
Tension-type headache 605 0.4 ± 0.9 1.3 ± 2.0
Probable medication-overuse headache 18 3.9 ± 1.7 18.2 ± 4.2
Other headache on ≥15 days/month 73 1.1 ± 1.4 3.9 ± 4.2
Undifferentiated headache 601 0.2 ± 0.6 0.5 ± 1.1