TY - JOUR
T1 - Amitriptyline is effective in chronic but not in episodic tension-type headache
T2 - Pathogenetic implications
AU - Cerbo, Rosanna
AU - Barbanti, Piero
AU - Fabbrini, Giovanni
AU - Pascali, Maria Paola
AU - Catarci, Teresa
PY - 1998/6
Y1 - 1998/6
N2 - 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
AB - 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
KW - Amitriptyline
KW - Chronic tension-type headache
KW - Episodic tension-type headache
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M3 - Article
C2 - 9664750
AN - SCOPUS:0031704453
VL - 38
SP - 453
EP - 457
JO - Headache
JF - Headache
SN - 0017-8748
IS - 6
ER -