Medications for Cluster Headaches
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Oxygen - justifying High Flow Rates
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| Almotriptan | One of the newest of the triptan family |
| Baclofen | Use of Baclofen (a muscle relaxant) in cluster headache. |
| Botulinum toxin (Botox®) | Ten chronic cluster headache patients received botulinum toxin for refractory clusters. |
| Cannabinoid Research | Studies on the cannabinoid receptors and the effects of Anandamide on vasodilation and neuronal activation. |
| Capsaicin | The use of intranasal capsaicin for cluster headache. |
| Civamide | Intranasal civamide for the treatment of cluster headaches. |
| Clomiphene Citrate | Clomiphene Citrate for Treatment Refractory Chronic Cluster Headache. |
| Dihydroergotamine (DHE) | The treatment of cluster headache with repetitive intravenous dihydroergotamine. |
| Eletriptan | Eletriptan in Treating Cluster Headache |
| Frovatriptan | Frovatriptan in Treating Cluster Headache |
| Gabapentin (Neurontin®) | Gabapentin for the treatment and prophylaxis of cluster headache. |
| Hyperbaric Oxygen | Using hyperbaric oxygen in treating cluster headaches. |
| Imitrex® | Treatment of cluster headache with Imitrex® injection / Using reopened or repackaged Imitrex / Using Imitrex doses less than 6mg |
| Indocin® | Dose, efficacy and tolerability of long-term indomethacin treatment of chronic paroxysmal hemicrania and hemicrania continua. |
| Lidocaine | Used to treat migraine but may be effective for CH also. |
| Lithium | Therapeutic management of cluster headache with lithium carbonate. |
| Magnesium | SERUM IONIZED MAGNESIUM LEVELS (IMg2+) IN 500 PATIENTS WITH HEADACHES |
| Melatonin | Abnormal 24-hour urinary excretory pattern of 6-sulphatoxymelatonin in both phases of cluster headache / Melatonin-responsive headache in delayed sleep phase syndrome: preliminary observations. |
| Methylphenidate (Ritalin®) | Cluster Headache Management With Methylphenidate (Ritalin) |
| Narcotics | Narcotics not usually effective for CH. |
| Naratriptan (Amerge®) | Naratriptan in treating Cluster Headaches |
| Subcutaneous Octreotide | Subcutaneous octreotide in cluster headache: randomized placebo-controlled double-blind crossover study. |
| Olanzapine (Zyprexa®) | Olanzapine as an Abortive Agent for Cluster Headache. Olanzapine may be useful as an abortive for cluster headache patients who cannot use triptans such as those with heart problems. |
| Oxygen | Using Oxygen in the treatment of cluster headaches. |
| Oxygen: Justifying High Flow Rates | An article in the Michigan Head-Pain & Neurological Institute newsletter "Headliner, 2004, Issue 33, by Dr. Todd Rozen on the use of high flow rates in aborting Cluster Headaches. |
| Preventatives | Preventative medications for CH. |
| Psilocybin and LSD | Psilocybin and LSD in the treatment of cluster headache. |
| Rebound Headaches | Medication Overuse (Rebound) Headache |
| Steroids | Using Steroids to Treat Cluster Headache |
| Testosterone | Use of testosterone in the treatment of cluster headache. |
| Topiramate | Topiramate as a preventative for chronic and episodic cluster headache. |
| Tricyclic Antidepressants | An overview of tricyclics |
| Triptans | 2 articles dealing with triptans, usage, side effects, etc. They are written in terms of migraines but are applicable to CH also. |
| Verapamil | Prophylactic treatment of cluster headache with verapamil. |
| Warfarin | Warfarin as a preventative for CH |
| Zolmitriptan (Zomig®) | Zolmitriptan Nasal Spray may be effective in aborting cluster headache |
| DISCLAIMER: The use of brand names on this page is in no way a recommendation of one particular brand over another or over a generic equivalent. | |
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