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Chewing Gum Headaches
Author(s) -
Blumenthal Harvey J.,
Vance Dwight A.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1046/j.1526-4610.1997.3710665.x
Subject(s) - aspartame , headaches , migraine , chewing gum , medicine , artificial sweetener , dentistry , food science , surgery , anesthesia , chemistry , sugar
Aspartame, a popular dietetic sweetener, may provoke headache in some susceptible individuals. Herein, we describe three cases of young women with migraine who reported their headaches could be provoked by chewing sugarless gum containing aspartame.