Modern Drug
Discovery
March/April 1999
Modern
Drug Discovery, 1999, 2 (2), 20-21, 23-24, 28, 31.
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© 1999 by the American Chemical Society.
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Twenty-three million people in the United States have migraines. More than one-half are undiagnosed. Moderate to severe disability with migraine attacks is experienced by 8.7 million females and 2.6 million males with migraine attacks. About one-third report being severely disabled or requiring bed rest during an attack. Twenty-five percent of females have 4 or more severe attacks per month. Thirty-five percent of females have 1 to 3 severe attacks per month. Fifty percent of males have 1 or more attacks per month. Source: Reference 15. |
