Table 2 Pain free rate at 2 hours and headache recurrence rate at 24 hours and 48 hours for all migraine with aura attacks
From: Efficacy of frovatriptan as compared to other triptans in migraine with aura
Rizatriptan | zolmitriptan | Almotriptan | Frovatriptan | Significance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 28) | (n = 24) | (n = 8) | (n = 57) | |||
Baseline headache intensity1 | ||||||
mean | 2.4 +/− 0.5 | 2.2 +/− 0.6 | 2.3 +/− 0.7 | 2.1 +/− 0.7 | ns | |
median | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ns | |
Pain free at | ||||||
2 hours | 10.7% | 25.0% | 12.5% | 29.8% | p < 0.052 | |
4 hours | 35.7% | 50.0% | 25.0% | 50.9% | ns | |
Recurrence at | ||||||
24 hours | 42.9% | 37.5% | 37.5% | 26.3% | p < 0.053 | |
48 hours | 89.3% | 91.7% | 87.5% | 66.7% | p < 0.014 | |