Burden of Episodic Migraine, Chronic Migraine, and Medication Overuse Headache in Alberta

Author:

McMullen Suzanne,Graves ErinORCID,Ekwaru Paul,Pham TramORCID,Mayer Michelle,Ladouceur Marie-Pier,Hubert Martine,Bougie Joanna,Amoozegar Farnaz

Abstract

ABSTRACT Objective: To describe demographic and clinical characteristics, healthcare resource use, costs, and treatment patterns in three migraine cohorts. Methods: This retrospective observational study using administrative data examined patients with episodic migraine (EM), chronic migraine (CM) (without medication overuse headache [MOH]), and medication overuse headache in Alberta, Canada. Migraine patients were identified between 2012 and 2018 based on ≥ 1 diagnostic codes or triptan prescription. Patients with CM were defined using parameter estimates of a logistic regression model, and MOH was defined as patients with an average of ≥ 15 supply days covered of acute medications. EM was defined as patients without CM or MOH. Study outcomes were summarized using descriptive statistics. Results: Patients with EM (n = 144,574), CM (n = 27,283), and MOH (n = 11,485) were included. Higher rates of healthcare use and costs were observed for CM (mean [SD] all-cause cost: ($12,693 [40,664]) and MOH ($16,611.5 [$38,748]) versus episodic migraine ($4,251 [$40,637]). Across all cohorts, opioids were the most dispensed acute medication (range across cohorts: 31.7%–89.8%), while antidepressants and anticonvulsants were the most dispensed preventive medication. Preventative medication classes were used by a minority of patients in each cohort, except anticonvulsants, where 50% of medication overuse patients had a dispensation. Conclusions: Patients with CM and MOH have a greater burden of illness compared to patients with EM. The overutilization of acute medication, particularly opioids, and the underutilization of preventive medications highlight an unmet need to more effectively manage migraine.

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Subject

Neurology (clinical),Neurology,General Medicine

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