Acetaminophen, aspirin, and caffeine in combination versus ibuprofen for acute migraine: Results from a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, parallel-group, single-dose, placebo-controlled study

Headache

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 444-453

  Goldstein, Jerome ^a   Silberstein, Stephen D ^b   Saper, Joel R ^c   Ryan Jr , Robert E ^d   Lipton, Richard B ^e  

^a San Francisco Headache Clinic   (United States)

^b JEFFERSON HEADACHE CENTER   (United States)

^c Michigan Head Pain and Neurological Institute   (United States)

^d Ryan Headache Center   (United States)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Aspirin; Caffeine; Ibuprofen; Migraine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CAFFEINE; IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; NERVOUSNESS; ONSET AGE; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOMNOLENCE; TACHYCARDIA; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADULT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ASPIRIN; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IBUPROFEN; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS;

EID: 33645057181     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2006.00376.x     Document Type: Article

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