Multi-center randomized control trial of etizolam plus NSAID combination for tension-type headache

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 467-472

  Hirata, Koichi ^a   Tatsumoto, Muneto ^a   Araki, Nobuo ^b   Takeshima, Takao ^c   Igarashi, Hisaka ^d   Shibata, Koichi ^e   Sakai, Fumihiko ^d  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Episodic tension type headache; Etizolam; Non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ETIZOLAM; MEFENAMIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPISODIC TENSION HEADACHE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER PAIN; SOMNOLENCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DIAZEPAM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SHOULDER PAIN; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE;

EID: 34247363299     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.6226     Document Type: Article

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