A comparative study of the effects of low-dose topiramate versus sodium valproate in migraine prophylaxis

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 60-68

  Afshari, Dariush ^a   Rafizadeh, Shabnam ^a   Rezaei, Mansour ^a  

^a KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

low dose; migraine; prophylaxis; sodium valproate; topiramate

Indexed keywords

ERGOTAMINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECREASED APPETITE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSARTHRIA; EYE PAIN; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; INCREASED APPETITE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MIGRAINE; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREMOR; VERTIGO; VISUAL ACUITY; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FRUCTOSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 84855780797     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2011.626908     Document Type: Article

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