Clinical findings and test results in a group of patients with headaches treated with amitriptyline as compared with perphenazine
Pisani, R.A.; Lazzari, R.; Arzilli, A.; Franzese, A.; Carfagna, L.; Cerbo, R.; Casacchia, M.
La Clinica Terapeutica 113(2): 117-123
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0009-9074 PMID: 4017491 Document Number: 3885
The authors studied 30 patients suffering from « essential » headache, subdiveded into daily headache, migraine, and « mixed » headache. The patients were divided into two groups of 15 subjects each. The first group was treated with arnitriptyline and the second with perfenazine. Examining the clinical and psychological results, both groups were found to have experienced an improvement of their symptoms which however was more evident in the amitriptyline group. Of particular interest is the appearance of depressive symptomatology in the group treated with perfenazine.
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