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Meningitis
Studies from S. Prokhorov et al in the area of meningitis described
October 21st, 2008
"Sumatriptan was developed as an agent for the treatment of acute migraine," investigators in the United States report. "However, sumatriptan may alleviate not only migraine headache, but also headache of subarachnoid hemorrhage and meningitis. We report 2 patients whose migraine-like headache on presentation was relieved by subcutaneous sumatriptan," wrote S. Prokhorov and colleagues. The researchers concluded: "Later, both patients were diagnosed with aseptic meningitis." Prokhorov and colleagues published their study in Headache (Subcutaneous sumatriptan relieved migraine-like headache in two adolescents with aseptic...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-10-21)
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