Acute pharmacotherapy of migraine, tension-type headache, and cluster headache
In most migraine patients acute therapy is needed. Migraine can be treated either with specific drugs, the triptans and ergot alkaloids, or with NSAIDs. Triptans are a major step foreward in migraine therapy. The therapeutic gain for headache relief is 50% for subcutaneous sumatriptan whereas it is...
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Language: | English |
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Springer-Verlag
2007
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3476138/ |