TY - JOUR
T1 - Drug therapy of migraine
AU - Lahad, Amnon
AU - Friedman, Jaime B.
AU - Mignot, Gilles
AU - Kopp, Christophe
AU - Welch, K. M.A.
PY - 1994/4/7
Y1 - 1994/4/7
N2 - To the Editor: We were surprised to see no mention of corticosteroids in Dr. Welch's otherwise informative survey of current migraine therapy (Nov. 11 issue)1. Corticosteroids have been recommended for the treatment of prolonged migraine2,3 and are commonly prescribed for that indication in the community at large. A survey of the members of the American Association for the Study of Headache found that 20 percent of responding physicians used corticosteroids as first-line agents in patients with prolonged migraine and 19 percent used them as second-line therapy4. Although, as noted by Dr. Welch and his colleagues,5 the efficacy.
AB - To the Editor: We were surprised to see no mention of corticosteroids in Dr. Welch's otherwise informative survey of current migraine therapy (Nov. 11 issue)1. Corticosteroids have been recommended for the treatment of prolonged migraine2,3 and are commonly prescribed for that indication in the community at large. A survey of the members of the American Association for the Study of Headache found that 20 percent of responding physicians used corticosteroids as first-line agents in patients with prolonged migraine and 19 percent used them as second-line therapy4. Although, as noted by Dr. Welch and his colleagues,5 the efficacy.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM199404073301417
DO - 10.1056/NEJM199404073301417
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C2 - 8121453
AN - SCOPUS:0028211331
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 330
SP - 1015
EP - 1016
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 14
ER -