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Table 1 The analysed endpoints with its explanation to patients, translated to English

From: Patients and general practitioners assessment of the main outcomes employed in the acute and preventive treatment of migraine: a cross sectional study

Variable

Definition:

Action time

Speed to start acting

Tolerability

Lack of adverse events

Compatibility

Lack of interactions

Cost

Affordable price

Effectiveness

High probability to be effective

Sustained

A: Lack of rebound in case of efficacy.

P: Sustained effect in case of efficacy.

Maintained

Preservation of effect in successive uses

Effect on other symptoms

Such as nausea, vomits