Why do some dietary migraine patients claim they get headaches from placebos?

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 739-743

  Strong III, F C ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amines; Auras; Caffeine; Capsule; Dietary migraine; Double blind; Food; Gelatin; Headache; Placebo

Indexed keywords

ASPARTAME; CAFFEINE; GELATIN; GLUTAMATE SODIUM; PLACEBO; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; TYRAMINE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG FORMULATION; EPILEPTIC AURA; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD COMPOSITION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRAINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST;

ANALGESICS; CAPSULES; DIET; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; GELATIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PHENETHYLAMINES; PLACEBOS; TYRAMINE;

EID: 0034112106     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2000.00783.x     Document Type: Article

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