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. 2008 May;48(5):694-6.
doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2008.01098.x.

Prophylaxis: headaches that never happen

Elizabeth Loder  1
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Prophylaxis: headaches that never happen

Elizabeth Loder. Headache. 2008 May.

Abstract

The discovery of preventive drugs for headache involved both serendipity and design. Despite modest efficacy and uncertainty about mechanisms, prophylaxis has transformed the lives of countless headache sufferers in the last 50 years. Realizing its full potential will be the work of the next half-century.

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