Ketoprofen (25 mg) in the symptomatic treatment of episodic tension- type headache: Double-blind placebo-controlled comparison with acetaminophen (1000 mg)

Cephalalgia

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 38-43

  Steiner, T J ^a   Lange, R ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Efficacy; Episodic tension type headache; Ketoprofen; Placebo; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

KETOPROFEN; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TENSION HEADACHE;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KETOPROFEN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031882195     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.1998.1801038.x     Document Type: Article

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