Introduction
MOH, days/month, CM, headache, migraine
MEDICATION OVERUSE HEADACHE, CHRONIC MIGRAINE, MIGRAINE, WELLS
Chronic Migraine (CM) associated to Medication Overuse Headache (MOH) is characterized by 15 or more days with headache per month and by the overuse of acute medications for at least three months [Few randomized-controlled trials (RCTs) have been carried out to test the efficacy of mindfulness-based approaches. Wells and colleagues followed-up for 36 weeks 89 patients with migraine (baseline frequency: 4–20 days/month) who were randomized to either education or mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) therapy [RCTs are needed to ascertain the efficacy of mindfulness over other approaches. The herein-presented RCT is grounded on a pilot non-randomized study, in which patients receiving six mindfulness-based sessions only (without pharmacological prophylaxis) reported an improvement in headache frequency and medication intake over 12 months which was similar to that observed in the group of patients who received pharmacological prophylaxis [