Migraine Prevention With Timolol: A Double-blind Crossover Study

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 252, Issue 18, 1984, Pages 2576-2580

  Stellar, Stanley ^a   Ahrens, Suzanne P ^a   Meibohm, Anne R ^b   Reines, Scott A ^b  

^a SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BUTALBITAL; CAFFEINE; ERGOTAMINE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; TIMOLOL; TIMOLOL MALEATE;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG THERAPY; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTOXICATION; LARGE INTESTINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRAINE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROTOXICITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH; STOMACH PAIN; THERAPY; VERTIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIALS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MIGRAINE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIMOLOL;

EID: 0021742161     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1984.03350180030025     Document Type: Article

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