Triptans - Why once?

Headache

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1261-1263

  Ifergane, Gal ^a   Wirguin, Itzhak ^a   Shvartzman, Pesach ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Compliance; Patient education; Patient's decision making; Triptans

Indexed keywords

ELETRIPTAN; NARATRIPTAN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RIZATRIPTAN; SEROTONIN 1B AGONIST; SEROTONIN 1D AGONIST; SUMATRIPTAN; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE; ZOLMITRIPTAN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

ADULT; AGED; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR AGONISTS;

EID: 33745313039     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2006.00435.x     Document Type: Review

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