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Human Studies, Pharmacology/Drug Development


2022 May 27


Cephalalgia

Levetiracetam in the prophylactic treatment of episodic migraine: A prospective open label study.

Authors

Evers S, Frese A, Summ O, Husstedt IW, Marziniak M
Cephalalgia. 2022 May 27:3331024221103815.
PMID: 35633027.

Abstract

The prophylactic treatment of migraine includes anticonvulsant drugs such as valproic acid and topiramate. However, these substances are often poorly tolerated by migraine patients. So far levetiracetam has hardly been studied as an episodic migraine prophylactic agent in adults.