Table 8 Percentage of probable triptans abusers among triptan users
From: Triptans in the Italian population: a drug utilization study and a literature review
Study | Criteria | % |
|---|---|---|
Sondergaard (Denmark 2000) [14] | >15 DDD/m | 4.7 |
Lugardon (France 2002) [13] | 15–29 DDD/m | 10.0 |
>29 DDD/m | 1.9 | |
Lohman (Netherlands 2001) [9] | >120 DDD/y | 5.0 |
>216 DDD/y | 1.9 | |
Dekker (Netherlands 2005) [11] | >120 DDD/y | 10.4 |
>216 DDD/y | 3.3 | |
Pavone (Italy 2005) [5] | >120 DDD/y | 3.2 |
>216 DDD/y | 0.9 | |
Perearnau (France 2003) [10] | >144 DDD/y | 1.9 |