TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 21. Refractory Headaches A1 - Loder, Elizabeth A2 - Warfield, Carol A. A2 - Bajwa, Zahid H. PY - 2004 T2 - Principles & Practice of Pain Medicine, 2e AB - With appropriate diagnosis and treatment, the majority of headache sufferers can look forward to improved management (although not elimination) of their headaches. There remains, however, a group of patients whose headaches do not improve with treatment as expected. In addition to the pain of inadequately relieved headache, these patients are at risk of developing chronic pain syndrome, a condition characterized by significant disability, medication dependence and overuse, depression, and worsening headache. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/18 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=3411798 ER -