Acetylsalicylic Acid in Migraine with Aura Prevention - a Retrospective Study

Current Health Sciences Journal

Mihaela Bianca Anoaica ; P.G. Anoaica ; Florica Popescu

关键词: aura;    migraine;    Acetylsalicylic Acid;    prophylaxis;   

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie din Craiova / University of Medicine and Pharmacy

【 摘 要 】

In a retrospective study we evaluated the efficacy and tolerability of Acetylsalicylic Acid (ASA), an antiplatelet drug, in the prophylactic treatment of migraine with aura (MA). We reviewed the charts of 203 patients suffering from MA according to the ICHD II criteria, attending to Turin University Headache Centre. 95 subjects (46.8%) were treated with ASA at low dose, 108 (53.2%) with other prophylactic therapies normally used for migraine for a period that ranged from at least 4 months to 194 months. Eighty-four patients (88.4%) treated with ASA referred positive results, while only 64 patients (59.3%) who underwent other prophylactic treatments did (p < 0.001). The attacks?frequency of patients treated with ASA decreased significantly from 3.831.57 pre-treatment to 1.380.87 after treatment (p

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