Naratriptan Prophylactic Treatment in Cluster Headache
Naratriptan Prophylactic Treatment in Cluster Headache
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那拉曲坦预防性治疗丛集性头痛
DOI:
10.1046/j.1468-2982.2001.00173.x
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发表时间:
2001
期刊:
影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
P. Koehler
中科院分区:
文献类型:
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作者:
Pje Eekers;P. Koehler
The treatment of cluster headache has improved over the last 15 years. Oxygen inhalation (1, 2), and sumatriptan subcutaneous injection (3, 4) are most effective for the acute treatment. Verapamil (5), prednison (6, 7) and lithium (7, 8) are the prophylactic drugs of choice. Despite these treatment options, a considerable number of patients, in particular those with chronic cluster headache, are refractive to current prophylactic agents. Various surgical procedures have been proposed for these patients (9), including sphenopalatine ganglion blockade (10), but still the majority do not® nd relief. Naratriptan is a new selective 5-HT agonist, developed for the acute treatment of migraine (11). It has also been used for the prevention of chronic daily headache (12) and menstrual migraine (13). In this report, we describe the prophylactic use of naratriptan in a chronic cluster headache patient.