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. 2014 Jun 16;9(6):e98933. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098933

Table 3. Wishes of patients concerning time to effect (third round).

Symptoms Cumulative percentage of patients
N <15 min <30 min <1 h <2 hours <3 hours <1 day
Take away the headache 147 32.0 72.1 94.6 98.6 100 100
Make sure I can function properly again 144 12.5 43.1 77.8 89.6 94.4 100
Take away the pressing or thumping feeling 137 27.0 59.1 90.5 95.6 98.5 100
Take away the sense of illness 138 8.7 34.8 76.1 87.0 92.8 100
Take away the problems with vision (light flashes, hazy vision, double vision) 105 33.3 55.2 83.8 90.5 97.1 100
Take away the nausea 132 40.9 61.4 92.4 95.5 99.2 100
Make sure I can think clearly again 137 13.1 39.4 78.1 90.5 96.4 100
Take away the neck pain 112 14.3 33.9 72.3 84.8 91.1 100
Take away the loss of function (problems with speech, tingling or loss of power in arms/legs) 94 31.9 50.0 74.5 86.2 93.6 100
Take away the tiredness 143 7.0 23.8 49.7 67.1 79.0 100

Each symptom rated only by patients who reported that they experienced this symptom themselves.