Prednisone vs. placebo in withdrawal therapy following medication overuse headache

Cephalalgia

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 152-156

  Pageler, L ^a,b,c   Katsarava, Z ^c   Diener, H C ^c   Limmroth, V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Cologne City Hospitals ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Medication overuse headache; Medication withdrawal headache; Placebo; Prednisone

Indexed keywords

LYSINE ACETYLSALICYLATE; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEADACHE DISORDERS, SECONDARY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDNISONE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38049123620     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2007.01488.x     Document Type: Article

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