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TREATING MIGRAINE WITH DRUGS: DIHYDROERGOTAMINE

This has a lesser vasoconstrictive effect than ergotamine and is less effective during the acute attack although it is more frequently used as a preventive drug. It became available in 1943 but it is not used as widely in the U.K. as it is in the rest of Europe. The difference in drug usage between [...]

Posted on July 8, 2011 at 10:17 am by admin · Permalink · Comments Closed
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THE PLACEBO RESPONSE FOR PAIN TREATMENT: ANIMALS

People tend to assume that the placebo phenomenon must be the result of some complex, sophisticated, cognitive process and must therefore be unique to humans. However, we are moving to the conclusion that the phenomenon has to do with expectations, and animals have expectations and learned predictions. Rodents have a highly developed one, learning through [...]

Posted on June 13, 2011 at 8:27 am by admin · Permalink · Comments Closed
In: Pain Relief-Muscle Relaxers