Table 5.
Patients’ experience with preventive drugs
| Preventive medicines (n = 465) | I have not used it for a long time | I have already used it without beneficial effect | I have already used it with beneficial effect but with side effects | Never used | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Topiramate | 49 | 28.8 | 75 | 44.1 | 75 | 44.1 | 295 | 63.4 |
| Divalproate | 28 | 31.5 | 48 | 53.9 | 18 | 20.2 | 376 | 80.9 |
| Propranolol, Atenolol, Nadolol | 36 | 31.3 | 54 | 47.0 | 26 | 22.6 | 350 | 75.3 |
| Melatonin | 38 | 49.4 | 30 | 39.0 | 10 | 13.0 | 388 | 83.4 |
| Amitriptyline | 32 | 33.3 | 46 | 47.9 | 22 | 22.9 | 369 | 79.4 |
| Nortriptyline | 29 | 30.9 | 52 | 55.3 | 19 | 20.2 | 371 | 79.8 |
| Flunarizine | 28 | 45.2 | 28 | 45.2 | 8 | 12.9 | 403 | 86.7 |
| Fluoxetine | 31 | 35.2 | 35 | 39.8 | 25 | 28.4 | 377 | 81.1 |
| Sertraline | 24 | 42.1 | 22 | 38.6 | 11 | 19.3 | 408 | 87.7 |
| Venlafaxine | 23 | 38.3 | 23 | 38.3 | 15 | 25.0 | 405 | 87.1 |
| Desvenlafaxine | 25 | 64.1 | 9 | 23.1 | 5 | 12.8 | 426 | 91.6 |