Indomethacin-responsive episodic cluster headache

The case of a man with a 34 year history of episodic cluster headaches is described. At the peak of a cluster the headaches occurred up to twenty times a day. The headaches were unresponsive to conventional therapy but were dramatically abolished by indomethacin. This effect of indomethacin was conf...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry neurosurgery and psychiatry, 1983-09, Vol.46 (9), p.860-861
1. Verfasser:	Geaney, D P
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Cluster Headache - drug therapy Dose-Response Relationship, Drug Double-Blind Method Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy Humans Indomethacin - therapeutic use Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes) Neurology Vascular Headaches - drug therapy
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Zusammenfassung:	The case of a man with a 34 year history of episodic cluster headaches is described. At the peak of a cluster the headaches occurred up to twenty times a day. The headaches were unresponsive to conventional therapy but were dramatically abolished by indomethacin. This effect of indomethacin was confirmed in a double-blind placebo-controlled trial.
ISSN:	0022-3050 1468-330X
DOI:	10.1136/jnnp.46.9.860