Using analgesics and medical consultation
| Migraine (n=363) | TTH (=385) | Total (n=1191) | ||||
| n | n/N % | n | n/N % | n | n/N % | |
| Medical consultation | ||||||
| No | 275 | 75.8 | 332 | 86.2 | 998 | 84.1 |
| Yes | 87 | 24.0 | 53 | 13.8 | 188 | 15.9 |
| Using analgesics | ||||||
| No | 84 | 23.1 | 146 | 37.9 | 399 | 33.6 |
| Yes | 279 | 76.9 | 239 | 62.1 | 789 | 66.4 |
| Who advise you to take analgesics? | ||||||
| Physician | 74 | 20.4 | 27 | 11.3 | 136 | 17.3 |
| Pharmacist | 23 | 6.3 | 16 | 6.7 | 56 | 7.1 |
| Your family | 46 | 12.7 | 32 | 13.4 | 117 | 14.9 |
| Personal choice | 127 | 35.0 | 160 | 67.2 | 458 | 58.3 |
| Other | 9 | 2.5 | 3 | 1.3 | 19 | 2.4 |
| Analgesics frequency | ||||||
| 1–7 days | 211 | 76.7 | 195 | 84.8 | 626 | 81.6 |
| 8–14 days | 37 | 13.5 | 22 | 9.6 | 76 | 9.9 |
| 15–28 days | 19 | 6.9 | 10 | 4.3 | 52 | 6.8 |
| Daily | 8 | 2.9 | 3 | 1.3 | 13 | 1.7 |
| Did you have to increase the dose? | ||||||
| No | 174 | 62.4 | 187 | 78.2 | 578 | 73.3 |
| Yes | 105 | 37.6 | 52 | 21.8 | 211 | 26.7 |
| What is the analgesic which you used? | ||||||
| Paracetamol | 247 | 88.5 | 224 | 93.7 | 719 | 91.1 |
| Ibuprofen | 71 | 25.4 | 43 | 18.0 | 179 | 22.7 |
| Aspirin | 12 | 4.3 | 5 | 2.1 | 20 | 2.5 |
| Codeine | 23 | 8.2 | 13 | 5.4 | 46 | 5.8 |
| Diclofenac | 24 | 8.6 | 17 | 7.1 | 57 | 7.2 |
| Triptans | 7 | 2.5 | – | 0.0 | 11 | 1.4 |
| Others | 19 | 6.8 | 4 | 1.7 | 30 | 3.8 |
| Do you use preventive medicine? | ||||||
| No | 262 | 93.9 | 237 | 99.2 | 764 | 96.8 |
| Yes | 17 | 6.1 | 2 | 0.8 | 25 | 3.2 |
| Preventive medicine | ||||||
| Beta blockers | 7 | 41.2 | – | 0.0 | 9 | 36.0 |
| Calcium blockers | – | 0.0 | – | 0.0 | 1 | 4.0 |
| Antidepressants | 5 | 29.4 | – | 0.0 | 7 | 28.0 |
| Others | 6 | 35.3 | 2 | 100.0 | 10 | 40.0 |