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Study aim
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General goal:compare the effect of migroherb with venlafaxine in migraine
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Determining the demographic and clinical status of migraine patients in the two groups of venlafaxine and migroherb
Determining and comparing the severity, duration, frequency of disease attacks and quality of life of migraine patients before and after treatment in two groups
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Design
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Clinical trial with two parallel groups, three blinded, randomized, phase 3 on 70 patients. Randomization by Permuted block method
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Settings and conduct
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The research carried out in 2023-2024 in the Beheshti clinic in Kashan.70 patients with episodic migraine with written consent, and they were randomly assigned to one of the two groups of migroherb or venlafaxine. All receive standard treatment with sodium valproate.
The duration of the study is 12 weeks. The monthly HIT6 test, the beginning and the end of the study, MIDAS test are performed. At the end, the changes of the subjects will be checked and compared with the beginning of the study in each group and between the two groups. Blinding: the drugs are prepared in the same packaging and appearance and size, and then they are coded based on the codes that have been previously prepared using a table of random numbers.The doctor, the patient, and the data collector act based on the code during the research
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Entry requirements:
Age 18-65 years and confirmation of episodic migraine by a neurologist
Exit conditions:Taking corticosteroids, OCP, other anti-migraine drugs (except sodium valproate 200 daily);Tension headache or chronic migraine;History of liver, kidney, diseases;pregnancy and lactation;Migraine onset after age 50; psychosis, major depression, bipolar
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Intervention groups
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group one :venlafaxine and sodiumvalproate
Group two :migroherb and sodiumvalproate
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Main outcome variables
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Frequency, intensity, duration of attack