Clinical Briefs

Here is a bibliography of important clinical articles on topics in the headache category.

Silberstein S, Stewart WF, Lipton RB.
Treatment of Menstruation-Associated Migraine with the Nonprescription Combination of Acetaminophen, Aspirin, and Caffeine: Results from Three Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Studies.
Clinical Therapeutics, 1999, Vol.21, No.3, pp.475-491.

Diamond S, Cady R, Diamond M, Goldstein J, Ruoff G, Ryan R, Klapper J.
Management of Migraine in the Primary Care Setting.
Headache Quarterly, 1999, (suppl 1): 1-38.

Ruoff G.
Practical Use of Nonprescription Analgesics in Treating Headache.
Family Practice Recertification, 1999, Vol.21, No.7, pp.77-94.

Diamond S.
Caffeine as an Analgesic Adjuvant in the Treatment of Headache.
Headache Quarterly, 1999, Vol. 10, No.2, pp.119-125.

Ruoff G.
Shifting the Focus from Migraine Attacks to Migraineurs.
Headache Quarterly, 1999, Vol.10, No.2, pp.117-118.

Laska EM, Sunshine A, Mueller F, Elvers WB, Siegel C, Rubin A.
Caffeine as an Analgesic Adjuvant.
The Journal of the American Medical Association; Vol. 251, No. 13, April 6, 1984, pp. 1711-1718.

Migliardi JR, Armellino JJ, Friedman M, Gillings DB, Beaver WT.
Caffeine as an Analgesic Adjuvant in Tension Headache.
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics; Mosby-Year Book, Inc., Vol. 56, No. 5, 1992, pp. 576-585.

Dalessio DJ.
On the Safety of Caffeine as an Analgesics Adjuvant (Editorial).
Headache Quarterly; 5:2, 1994, pp. 125-127.

Lipton RB, Newman LC, Solomon, S.
Over the counter medication and the treatment of migraine.
Headache, 1994; 34:547-548.

Stewart WF, Lipton RB, Celentano DD, Reed M.
Prevalence of Migraine Headache in the United States — Relation to Age, Income, Race, and Other Sociodemographic Factors.
JAMA, Vol. 267, No. 1, Jan. 1, 1992, pp. 64-69.

Rasmussen BK, Jensen R, Schroll M, Olesen J.
Epidemiology of Headache in a General Population — A Prevalence Study.
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology; Pergamon Press, 1991, Vol. 44, No. 11, pp. 1147-1157.

Headache Classification Committee of the International Headache Society.
Classification and diagnostic criteria for headache disorders, cranial neuralgias, and facial pain.
Cephalalgia 1988;8 (suppl 7): 1-96.

Schwartz BS, Stewart WF, Lipton RB.
Epidemiology of Tension-Type Headache.
JAMA, Vol. 279, No. 5, Feb. 4, 1998, pp.381-383.

Lipton RB, Stewart WF, Ryan RE, Saper J, Silberstein S, Sheftell F.
Efficacy and Safety of Acetaminophen, and Caffeine in Alleviating Migraine Headache Pain — Three Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trials.
Archives of Neurology, 1998, Vol. 55, pp.210-217

Lipton, RB, Stewart, WF.
The impact of migraine.
Neurology, 1994, Vol. 44, No. 6, Suppl. 4.

Solomon GD.
Quality-of-Life Assessment in Patients with Headache.
PharmacoEconomics; 1994, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp.34-41.