The 'Act when Mild' (AwM) Study: A step forward in our understanding of early treatment in acute migraine

Cephalalgia

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages 36-41

  Goadsby, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Almotriptan; Early; Migraine; Mild

Indexed keywords

ALMOTRIPTAN; PLACEBO;

ALLODYNIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRYPTAMINES; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 48249111057     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2008.01689.x     Document Type: Review

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