Abstract
The tricyclic antidepressant, amitriptyline, is an effective drug for the treatment of chronic tension-type headache and for other chronic pain syndromes, but it is also effective in the prophylaxis of an episodic type of headache such as migraine. However, its efficacy in episodic tension-type headache has not yet been clarified. We compared the efficacy of amitriptyline (25 mg/day) in 82 nondepressed patients with either chronic or episodic tension-type headache in an open-label study. Amitriptyline significantly reduced (P
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 453-457 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Headache |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 1998 |
Keywords
- Amitriptyline
- Chronic tension-type headache
- Episodic tension-type headache
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Neurology
- Neuroscience(all)
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Cerbo, R., Barbanti, P., Fabbrini, G., Pascali, M. P., & Catarci, T. (1998). Amitriptyline is effective in chronic but not in episodic tension-type headache: Pathogenetic implications. Headache, 38(6), 453-457.