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RELATIVE POTENCY SCALE FOR ANALGESIC DRUGS: USE OF PSYCHOPHYSICAL PROCEDURES WITH CLINICAL JUDGMENTS
Author(s) -
Coyne Lolafaye,
Sargent Joseph,
Segerson Jack,
Obourn Robert
Publication year - 1976
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 - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1976.hed1602070.x
Subject(s) - potency , analgesic , migraine , medicine , scale (ratio) , anesthesia , chemistry , geography , biochemistry , in vitro , cartography
SYNOPSIS A clinically useful scale to measure differences in effectiveness between various commonly used analgesics in the treatment of migraine headache is described. Except for oral Demerol, which is not often used for the treatment of migraine, other analgesics can be compared numerically in their potency with each other.