Real-life experiences in migraine therapy.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the effectiveness of eletriptan for acute migraine treatment and patient satisfaction with the drug in usual clinical practice settings.


METHODS
Male and female patients of practicing neurologists, aged 18 to 65 years, were eligible for inclusion in the study if they met International Headache Society criteria for migraine.


RESULTS
Of 637 patients enrolled, 611 completed the study. At 1 hour post-dose headache response was 59.5% (average from three attacks), pain-free 13%, absence of vomiting 86.3%, and improvement in functioning 55%. Headache recurrence occurred in 12%, second dose was used by 12.6% patients, and rescue medication by 6.4%. Patient preference for eletriptan versus any other triptan used in the past was 97%.


CONCLUSIONS
In this real-life setting, eletriptan displayed high efficacy, consistency of response over three attacks and was preferred by 97% patients (Tab. 2, Fig. 5, Ref. 16). Full Text (Free, PDF) www.bmj.sk.
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1st Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia. peter.turcani@faneba.sk
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*; D057240:Patient Preference; D011759:Pyrrolidines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014363:Tryptamines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D055815:Young Adult
D011759:Pyrrolidines; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists; D014363:Tryptamines; C115647:eletriptan