| Autor: |
Anka, Aleksić-Shihabi, Gordana, Lojen, Vlasta, Vuković |
| Rok vydání: |
2008 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Acta medica Croatica : casopis Hravatske akademije medicinskih znanosti. 62(2) |
| ISSN: |
1330-0164 |
| Popis: |
The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of topiramate in the prevention of tension type headache. Tension type headache is the most common primary headache; the 1-year prevalence is 38%. Tension type headache often causes reduced quality of life.In this study 51 patients were included; the dose of topiramate was gradually increased to 100 mg and patients were followed up for 6 months. The number of days and decrease in headache intensity were measured by the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) from 1 to 10 before and with therapy.Study results showed a statistically significant decrease in the number of days with headache: the mean number of days before therapy was 13.25 and with therapy 8.65, (p=0,0001). A statistically significant decrease in headache intensity was also observed by VAS scale: before therapy 6.27 and with therapy 3.33 (p=0.0001).This study showed topiramate to be efficient in the prevention of tension type headache. |
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