Efficacy of nonprescription doses of ibuprofen for treating migraine headache. A randomized controlled trial

Headache

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 665-679

  Codispoti, Joseph R ^a   Prior, Mary Jane ^a   Fu, Min ^a   Harte, Clare M ^a   Nelson, Edward B ^a  

^a McNeil Laboratories Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Ibuprofen; Migraine; Nonprescription; NSAID; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; IBUPROFEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; NAUSEA; NOISE MEASUREMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IBUPROFEN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS;

EID: 0034882709     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.2001.041007665.x     Document Type: Article

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