Intranasal medications for the treatment of migraine and cluster headache

CNS Drugs

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-46

  Rapoport, Alan M ^a,b   Sheftell, Fred D ^a,c  

^a NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR HEADACHE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMIGRAINE AGENT; BUTORPHANOL; CALCITONIN; CAPSAICIN; DIHYDROERGOTAMINE; LIDOCAINE; SUMATRIPTAN;

CLUSTER HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIGRAINE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031014775     PISSN: 11727047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00023210-199707010-00005     Document Type: Review

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