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  • Title: Headache pain model for assessing and comparing the efficacy of over-the-counter analgesic agents.
    Author: Schachtel BP, Thoden WR, Konerman JP, Brown A, Chaing DS.
    Journal: Clin Pharmacol Ther; 1991 Sep; 50(3):322-9. PubMed ID: 1914366.
    Abstract:
    To refine the assessment of over-the-counter analgesic agents in the treatment of muscle-contraction headache, we designed a single-dose model with attention to specific methodologic features and two relevant assessments--the percentage of subjects who achieve complete relief and the time until pain is no longer experienced. Subjects were randomly assigned to receive a single dose of 1000 mg acetaminophen, 1000 mg aspirin with 64 mg caffeine, or placebo. Under double-blind conditions, subjects rated headache pain intensity and relief over 4 hours and provided a Comparative Evaluation at the end of the trial. Both active agents were significantly distinguished from placebo on the time-point analyses (p less than 0.05) and summary end point measurements (sum of pain intensity difference [SPID], total of pain relief, percentage of patients with complete relief, percentage of treatment failures, and the Comparative Evaluation), as well as causing a faster elimination of headache (p less than 0.05). The aspirin-caffeine combination was rated higher than acetaminophen on all summary measurements, particularly SPID (p less than 0.05), with significantly more patients obtaining complete relief with aspirin-caffeine (p less than 0.01) than with acetaminophen. We conclude that this headache pain model can be used to demonstrate the efficacy of over-the-counter analgesic agents and to assess their relative efficacy.
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