Reducing the cost of headache medication

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-230

  Solomon, Glen D ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALMOTRIPTAN; ELETRIPTAN; FROVATRIPTAN; GENERIC DRUG; IMIGRAN SPRINT; NARAGRAN; NARATRIPTAN; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; RIZATRIPTAN; SUMATRIPTAN; SUMATRIPTAN SUCCINATE; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZOLMITRIPTAN;

CONTRACT; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG COST; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG RELEASE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LICENSING; MIGRAINE; PAIN; PATENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; COST SAVINGS; DRUGS, GENERIC; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; TRYPTAMINES;

EID: 65649154518     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-009-0038-5     Document Type: Review

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