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• Headache · Feb 2012

  Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study

  Transdermal sumatriptan for acute treatment of migraineurs with baseline nausea.

  To evaluate the efficacy and safety of transdermal sumatriptan in migraine patients who have baseline nausea. ⋯ Transdermal sumatriptan is superior to oral triptans for migraine patients whose baseline nausea causes them to delay or avoid acute treatment.

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• Headache · Feb 2012

  Randomized Controlled Trial

  A randomized trial of a web-based intervention to improve migraine self-management and coping.

  To test the clinical efficacy of a web-based intervention designed to increase patient self-efficacy to perform headache self-management activities and symptom management strategies, and reduce migraine-related psychological distress. ⋯ Demonstrated increases in self-efficacy to perform headache self-management, increased use of positive symptom management strategies, and reported decreased migraine-related depression and stress suggest that the intervention may be a useful behavioral adjunct to a comprehensive medical approach to managing migraine.

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