Almotriptan versus rizatriptan in patients with migraine in Spain.

To compare patient-reported use of rizatriptan 10 mg with that of almotriptan 12.5 mg per migraine attack (24 hours) in a Spanish population.One hundred twenty Spanish community pharmacies recruited patients with migraine to whom they had dispensed almotriptan and rizatriptan.In this prescription-se...

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Autores: Leira, Rogelio, Dualde, Elena, Del Barrio, Horacio, Machuca González, Manuel, López-Gil, Arturo
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2003
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Loyola Andalucía
Repositorio:Brújula
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uloyola.es:20.500.12412/4934
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12412/4934
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Rizatriptan
Almotriptan
Migraine
Triptan consumption survey
Descrição
Resumo:To compare patient-reported use of rizatriptan 10 mg with that of almotriptan 12.5 mg per migraine attack (24 hours) in a Spanish population.One hundred twenty Spanish community pharmacies recruited patients with migraine to whom they had dispensed almotriptan and rizatriptan.In this prescription-selected Spanish population, a significantly lower number of rizatriptan tablets were required to treat migraine attacks compared with almotriptan.