Antidepressants in the treatment of chronic headaches: therapy of psychiatric comorbidity or other mechanisms?

Antidepressants are often used in the prophylaxis of chronic headaches, but their effectiveness is uncertain. A recent meta-analysis showed that antidepressants are effective in the treatment of chronic headaches. Double-blind, placebo-controlled studies showed that amitriptyline and fluoxetine may...

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Autor principal: Pinessi, Lorenzo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3451589/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10194-004-0125-2
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description Antidepressants are often used in the prophylaxis of chronic headaches, but their effectiveness is uncertain. A recent meta-analysis showed that antidepressants are effective in the treatment of chronic headaches. Double-blind, placebo-controlled studies showed that amitriptyline and fluoxetine may be useful in the prophylaxis of chronic headaches. Further studies are needed in order to evaluate whether there are differences in efficacy among the classes of agents and whether this effect is independent of depression treatment.
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spelling pubmed-34515892012-11-29 Antidepressants in the treatment of chronic headaches: therapy of psychiatric comorbidity or other mechanisms? Pinessi, Lorenzo J Headache Pain Article Antidepressants are often used in the prophylaxis of chronic headaches, but their effectiveness is uncertain. A recent meta-analysis showed that antidepressants are effective in the treatment of chronic headaches. Double-blind, placebo-controlled studies showed that amitriptyline and fluoxetine may be useful in the prophylaxis of chronic headaches. Further studies are needed in order to evaluate whether there are differences in efficacy among the classes of agents and whether this effect is independent of depression treatment. Springer-Verlag 2004-11 /pmc/articles/PMC3451589/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10194-004-0125-2 Text en © Springer-Verlag Italia 2004
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title_fullStr Antidepressants in the treatment of chronic headaches: therapy of psychiatric comorbidity or other mechanisms?
title_full_unstemmed Antidepressants in the treatment of chronic headaches: therapy of psychiatric comorbidity or other mechanisms?
title_short Antidepressants in the treatment of chronic headaches: therapy of psychiatric comorbidity or other mechanisms?
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