Acetylsalicylic acid in the treatment of headache

Cephalalgia

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 545-551

  Limmroth, V ^a,b   Katsarava, Z ^a   Diener, H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Department of Neurology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylsalicylic acid; ASA; Aspirin; Headache; Migraine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PARACETAMOL; SUMATRIPTAN;

DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG METABOLISM; EFFERVESCENT TABLET; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MIGRAINE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ASPIRIN; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032792003     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.1999.019006545.x     Document Type: Review

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