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Trial reportBioMed research international2014

Efficacy of zonisamide in migraineurs with nonresponse to topiramate.

Jin-Young Chung, Min-Wook Kim, Manho Kim

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Trial report in BioMed research international, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jin-Young ChungDepartment of Veterinary Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Kangwon National University, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-6729-9834
Min-Wook KimInstitute of Catholic Integrative Medicine (ICIM), Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, Catholic University of Korea, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
Manho KimDepartment of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, 101 Daehakro, Chongno-ku, Seoul 110-744, Republic of Korea.
Seoul National University Hospital · KRKangwon National University · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study investigated another type of carbonic anhydrase inhibitor and antiepileptic drug, zonisamide, in order to evaluate its potential effectiveness for migraine prophylaxis refractory to topiramate, and to assess intolerability to adverse events, paresthesia in particular. This is an open-labeled retrospective single center study. We included headache patients who met the requirement of migraine without aura and were refractory to topiramate. Patients were treated only with zonisamide 100 mg/day, directly switching from topiramate. Patients were monitored every month for three months. A positive response to treatment (responders) was defined as a 50% or greater reduction in headache days at three months after study commencement, compared with baseline. One hundred and twenty migraineurs who were refractory to topiramate were recruited. Compared with baseline, headache days with zonisamide showed a decrease, compared with baseline (P < 0.01). Two patients complained of adverse effects, such as paresthesia. These results suggest that zonisamide is effective for migraine prophylaxis refractory to topiramate, or intolerable patients due to topiramate-induced paresthesia.

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AdultFemaleFructoseHeadacheHumansIsoxazolesMaleMiddle AgedMigraine DisordersParesthesiaRetrospective StudiesTopiramateTreatment OutcomeZonisamideFructoseIsoxazolesTopiramateZonisamide

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PMID25101297
PMCPMC4101963
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