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Michael F Weaver1, Dale S Bond, Brent L Arnold
1Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA 23298, USA. mfweaver@vcu.edu
Objective:
To explore prevalence of aberrant medication-taking behaviors (AMTB) among headache patients and treating physician's awareness of such behaviors.
Methods:
Fifty patientphysician dyads were surveyed on patients' AMTB.
Results:
The most frequently endorsed behaviors by patients and physicians, respectively, were going to the ER for pain medication (n = 19) and continuing to take pain medication despite minimal relief (n = 23). For the majority of AMTB, phi coefficients indicating level of patient-physician agreement were equal to chance.
Conclusions:
Headache patients perform a wide range of AMTB. Low rates of patient-physician agreement indicate that physicians possess limited knowledge of patients' AMTB.
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