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Kaligiran ng Pananaliksik: Medication overuse headache, which is the current term in the medical literature, has been called "rebound" headache in the past. The perception, however, was that if you took medication, the next day's headache was the rebound headache, and that's all there was to it. More recent research has shown that it is not that simple. A pattern of frequent medication usage leads to an increase in the occurrence of headaches. This is sometimes called pharmacologically maintained headache, or analgesic abuse headache. If you are a migraine sufferer, and you start having more frequent headaches as a consequence of using excessive medication, headaches may become less "migraine-like," and may lose some of the usual migraine features, such as sensitivity to light and noise, or nausea, and the pain may become dull in character. Present recommendations of the International Headache Society are not to take over-the-counter medications more than 15 days a month, and not to take prescription analgesics more than 10 days a month. Prescription analgesics that can cause medication overuse headache include triptan medications, ergot medications, opioids, and those containing butalbital. Over-the-counter medications most likely to cause medication overuse headache are those containing caffeine. Recent research suggests that triptans are more likely to cause increased headache frequency in men with frequent headaches than in women with frequent headaches. A survey of family doctors found that this headache type was the third most common headache seen. Headache clinics in the US report that 30% to 80% of new patients seen have medication overuse headache.

I. Kaligiran ng Pananaliksik: Karaniwang sakit ng tao sa buong mundo ay sakit sa ulo at migraine. Para malunasan ang karamdamang ito, may ilan ay pumupunta sa kani-kanilang doctor upang humingi ng preskripsyon ng gamot. Ngunit, karamihan ay umiinom ng mga analgesics kahit walang pahintulot sa doctor upang gamutin ito. Dahil dito, may mga pagkakataong nalalabis nila ang pag-inom ng gamot, hanggang sa punto na hindi na nakakawala ng sakit sa ulo ang gamot kundi nagdudulot pa nito. Ang tawag sa kasong ito ay medication overuse headache o MHO. Ang pananaliksik na ito ay nais manaliksik tungkol sa epekto ng medication overuse o ang labis na pag-inom ng gamot, kung ito ba ay nararanasan ng mga magaaral sa UST Graduate School at kung may sapat sila na kaalaman tungkol sa gamot na kanilang iniinom. Ang pananaliksik na ito ay nais din bumigay ng kaalaman sa mga karaniwang tao na nagnanais gamutin ang kanilang sakit sa ulo o migraine na walang pahintulot sa doctor tungkol sa masamang epekto ng labis na pag-inom ng analgesics, dahil ito ay nagdudulot ng medication overuse headache. Gamit ng mga impormasyon mula sa mga naunang pananaliksik at sa sarbey na isasagawa ng pananaliksik na ito, nais ipahiwatig nito ang kahalagahan ng pagkonsulta sa doctor.