TY - JOUR T1 - Feverfew as a preventive treatment for migraine: a systematic review. AU - Vogler,B K, AU - Pittler,M H, AU - Ernst,E, PY - 1999/2/9/pubmed PY - 1999/2/9/medline PY - 1999/2/9/entrez SP - 704 EP - 8 JF - Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache JO - Cephalalgia VL - 18 IS - 10 N2 - BACKGROUND: Feverfew is a popular herbal remedy advocated for the prevention of migraine. AIM: The aim of this systematic review was to look at the evidence for or against the clinical effectiveness of feverfew in migraine prevention. DATA SOURCES: Literature searches were performed using the following databases: Medline, Embase, Biosis, CISCOM, and the Cochrane Library (all from their inception to April 1998). STUDY SELECTION: Only randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trials were included. DATA EXTRACTION: All articles were read by two independent reviewers. Data were extracted in a predefined, standardized fashion. The methodological quality of all trials was evaluated using the Jadad score. MAIN RESULTS: Five trials met the inclusion/exclusion criteria. The majority favor feverfew over placebo. Yet important caveats exist. CONCLUSION: The clinical effectiveness of feverfew in the prevention of migraine has not been established beyond reasonable doubt. SN - 0333-1024 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/9950629/full_citation DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -