Research · Randomized controlled trial
Effectiveness of Oleum menthae piperitae and paracetamol in therapy of tension-type headache
What it found
Reduced tension-headache intensity vs placebo, comparable to 1000 mg acetaminophen.
- Design
- Randomized controlled trial
- Year
- 1996
- Sample size
- 41
- Population
- adults with tension-type headache
- Intervention
- topical 10% peppermint oil
- Outcome
- headache intensity
- Journal
- Der Nervenarzt
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