Innvoative Drug Development for Headache Disorders

by Nabih Ramadan

Book Overview

Migraine treatment improved considerably with the advent of the 'triptans' in the 1990s. While the drugs used previously for headache treatment had efficacy, some compounds had bothersome side effects and their overuse could lead to severe complications. In the early days of the triptans, it
was widely presumed that migraine was no longer a treatment problem. However, it has gradually been recognized that a significant proportion of patients are...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199552762
• ISBN13: 9780199552764
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.6"