Should butalbital-containing analgesics be banned? Yes.

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 151-155

  Young, William B ^a   Siow, Hua Chiang ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barbiturate; Chronic Daily Headache; Ergotamine; Medication Overuse; Migraine

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BUTALBITAL;

CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG LEGISLATION; ECONOMICS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; REVIEW; TENSION HEADACHE;

BARBITURATES; HEADACHE; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, DRUG; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE;

EID: 0036550202     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: 15343081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-002-0012-y     Document Type: Article

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