Posted by SalArmy4me on June 29, 2001, at 13:32:37
In reply to Migraines Effexor XR, posted by hothead on June 29, 2001, at 13:06:44
Aldeman, L. C., Aldeman, J. U., et al. (2000). Venlafaxine extended release (XR) for the prophylaxis of migraine and tension-type headache: A retrospective study in a clinical setting. Headache, 40(7), 572:
"MIGRAINE AND TENSION HEADACHES CAN BE PREVENTED BY VENLAFAXINE. Extended-release venlafaxine (Effexor), an antidepressant, reduces the frequency of migraine and chronic, tension-type headaches. It works as well as tricyclic antidepressants such as amitriptyline, but without the side effects. Patients whose headaches had been resistant to other treatments had a reduction in the mean frequency of headaches; tension-type headaches fell from 24 a month to 15.2, and migraines fell from 16.1 to 11.1."
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