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- From: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Subject: Re: Migraine Medication
- Message-ID: <17943@pitt.UUCP>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 18:42:38 GMT
- Article-I.D.: pitt.17943
- References: <AMT.92Dec21125820@dunvegan.linus.mitre.org>
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- In article <AMT.92Dec21125820@dunvegan.linus.mitre.org> amt@linus.mitre.org (Anne Tallant) writes:
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- >If verapamil proved to be ineffective as a migraine prophylactic for a
- >migraine sufferer, would propranolol be any better? Are the medications
- >significantly different enough for migraine control? Would their
- >in/effectiveness depend upon the individual?
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- Yes, yes, and yes.
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- In my experience, propranolol is more effective than verapamil, although
- more people have side effects.
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