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A systematic review of adverse events in placebo groups of anti-migraine clinical trials.

Pain

December 2009

Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Via Verdi 10, 10123 Turin, Italy Neuroscience Institute of Turin (NIT), University of Turin, Italy Department of Psychology, University of Aarhus, Jens Chr. Skous Vej 4, DK - 8000 Århus C, Denmark Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin Medical School, Corso Raffaello 30, 10125 Turin, Italy National Institute of Neuroscience (INN), Turin, Italy.

In analgesic clinical trials, adverse events are reported for the painkiller under evaluation and compared with adverse events in the placebo group. Interestingly, patients who receive the placebo often report a high frequency of adverse events, but little is understood about the nature of these negative effects. In the present study, we compared the rates of adverse events reported in the placebo arms of clinical trials for three classes of anti-migraine drugs: NSAIDs, triptans and anticonvulsants.

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