Mechanical distortion of the human cranial venous sinuses is painful as is cranial venous sinus distension during migraine. Sumatriptan, the serotonin (5HT)IB/D-like receptor agonist, is highly effective in relieving migraine headache and part of its action may be due to constriction of cranial dural blood vessels. Using immunohistochemical detection of the immediate early gene Fos, we have map...

The activities of 4-aminobutyric-2-oxoglutaric acid transaminase (GABA-T) and succinate semialdehyde dehydrogenase (SSADH) were determined in mouse hypothalamus after peripheral injections of cholecystokinin-8 (CCK-X)and/or caerulein (CLN). GABA transaminase activity was measured utilizing endogenous succinate semialdellyde dehydrogenase to convert the product of GAB A-T, succinate semiald...

Objective: The present study aimed to evaluate of antimigraine activity methanolic extract Abroma augusta L. leaves in laboratory animals. Methods: was evaluated against nitroglycerine (NTG, 10 mg·kg−1, i. p.) and bradykinin (BK, µg, intra-arterial) induced hyperalgesia rats. Rats were divided randomly into six groups: normal, control, standard (sumatriptan, 42 s. c.), (100,200 400 p. o.). In t...

Objective.—The objective of this study was to compare the efficacy, tolerability, and safety of AVP-825, an investigational bi-directional breath-powered intranasal delivery system containing low-dose (22 mg) sumatriptan powder, vs 100 mg oral sumatriptan for acute treatment of migraine in a double-dummy, randomized comparative efficacy clinical trial allowing treatment across multiple migraine...

In order to establish whether long-term abstinence from alcohol reverses the defective serotonergic and GABAergic controls of growth hormone (GH) secretion affecting alcoholic patients, the 5-HT1D serotonergic receptor agonist sumatriptan and the GABAergic agent gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) were administered to 12 normal men (32-49 years) and 22 non-depressed male alcoholic subjects (38-52 y...

OBJECTIVE Managed care organizations can increase the value of drug therapy by negotiating discounts on drug acquisition costs with pharmaceutical manufacturers and promoting use of preferred drugs, including the conversion of patients to preferred medications. This investigation was designed to assess conversion success, migraine drug utilizations, and patient satisfaction with a clinical phar...

Recently, several novel approaches to the treatment of migraine have been advanced, including selective 5-hydroxytryptamine (or serotonin) 1B/1D (5-HT(1B/1D)) receptor agonists such as sumatriptan and 5-HT(1F) receptor agonists such as LY344864. Many 5-HT(1B/1D) receptor agonists have been identified based on their ability to produce cerebral vascular contraction, whereas LY344864 was identifie...