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Trial reportNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2013

Frovatriptan plus dexketoprofen in the treatment of menstrually related migraine: an open study.

Gianni Allais, Sara Rolando, Paola Schiapparelli, Gisella Airola, Paola Borgogno, Ornella Mana, Chiara Benedetto

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Trial report in Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Trial
  3. Efficacy of early vs. late use of frovatriptan combined with dexketoprofen vs. frovatriptan alone in the acute treatment of migraine attacks with or without aura.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2014
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  4. Review
  5. A review of frovatriptan for the treatment of menstrual migraine.International journal of women's health · 2014
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gianni AllaisWomen's Headache Center, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Turin, Via Ventimiglia 3, 10126 Turin, Italy. gb.allais@tiscali.it
Sara Rolando
Paola Schiapparelli
Gisella Airola
Paola Borgogno
Ornella Mana
Chiara Benedetto
University of Turin · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

At least 50 % of female migraineurs experience migraine associated with the perimenstrual period, even though they may also suffer from attacks at other times of the cycle (menstrually related migraine, MRM). MRM attacks tend to be longer and more intense than those arising in other phases of the menstrual cycle, and are often aggravated by more pronounced vegetative phenomena. In this open preliminary trial, we tested the efficacy of associating frovatriptan and dexketoprofen for the treatment of an acute attack of MRM, diagnosed according to the criteria of the International Headache Society, in 24 patients between 19 and 45 years of age (mean 31.33 ± 7.33). Twenty-one of them completed the study. Pain relief was achieved by 76 % of patients at 2 h and by 86 % at 4 h. A pain-free state was achieved by 48 % at 2 h and by 62 % at 4 h from taking the product. A pain-free state at 24 h was present in 76 % of MRM sufferers, 33 % of whom showed a sustained pain-free state at 24 h. A rescue medication was needed by eight patients. While decidedly encouraging, the data of this study obviously need confirmation with double blind studies involving a greater number of patients.

Indexed as

AdultCarbazolesDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleHumansKetoprofenMenstrual CycleMiddle AgedMigraine DisordersTromethamineTryptaminesYoung AdultCarbazolesdexketoprofen trometamolfrovatriptanKetoprofenTromethamineTryptamines

Identifiers

PMID23695075
PMCPMC3661070
OpenAlexW2000441740

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