Severe barbiturate withdrawal syndrome in migrainous patients

Headache

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-121

  Raja, Michele ^a   Altavista, Maria Concetta ^b   Azzoni, Antonella ^a   Albanese, Alberto ^c  

^a SPIRITO SANTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

barbiturates; dependence; headache; seizures; withdrawal

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BUTALBITAL; CAFFEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BARBITURATES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0030062526     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.1996.3602119.x     Document Type: Article

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