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Table 5 Percentage of new users of triptans

From: Triptans in the Italian population: a drug utilization study and a literature review

Study

Antecedent period

Study period

Population

Total users

New users

New users (%)

Lugardona (France 2002) [13]

6 months

6 months

1,550,000

13,860

8,625

63

Sondergaard (Denmark 2000) [14]

9 months

3 months

472,000

2,463

617

25

Etemad (USA 1988) [8]

6 months

1 year

2,000,000

8,488

5,383

63

  1. aamong new users, half were occasional users, with only a single prescription during 1 year period