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Medication overuse headache in Australia: a call for multidisciplinary efforts at prevention and treatment

Richard J Stark, Treasure McGuire and Mieke L van Driel
Med J Aust 2016; 205 (6): . || doi: 10.5694/mja16.00492
Published online: 19 September 2016

Medication overuse headache (MOH)1 is prevalent, under-recognised and potentially treatable or avoidable using a multidisciplinary approach.


  • 1 Neurology Service, Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC
  • 2 Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC
  • 3 University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD
  • 4 Bond University, Gold Coast, QLD


Correspondence: Richard.stark@monash.edu

Acknowledgements: 

We thank Esther Anderson of In Vivo Communications for her assistance in medical writing.

Competing interests:

Richard Stark has received lecture and consulting fees from Allergan, MSD, AbbVie and SciGen, and from In Vivo Academy relating to a Pfizer-sponsored project. He has also undertaken clinical trials for Allergan.

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