Antiepileptic Drugs and Migraine
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Cost-effectiveness of antiepileptic drugs in migraine prophylaxis.
OBJECTIVE To analyze the cost-effectiveness of antiepileptics in migraine prophylaxis. METHODS A cost-effectiveness analysis was performed using efficacy data from three recent, double-blind, placebo-controlled, clinical trials of antiepileptic drugs studied for migraine prevention and cost data. Two measures of cost-effectiveness were used: cost per headache prevented and the cost-equivalent...
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