Headache (chronic tension-type).

In this systematic overview, we categorised the efficacy for 12 interventions based on information about the effectiveness and safety of non-drug treatments acupuncture and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), as well as the drug treatments amitriptyline, anticonvulsant drugs (sodium valproate, topiramate, or gabapentin), benzodiazepines, botulinum toxin, noradrenergic and specific serotonergic antidepressants (mirtazapine), NSAIDs (e.g. ibuprofen); opioid analgesics (e.g. codeine), paracetamol, serotonin re-uptake inhibitor antidepressants (SSRIs, SNRIs), and tricyclic antidepressants (other than amitriptyline).