Painful Cranial Neuropathies
Fig. 20.1 Diary of patient reporting severity of pain on a scale of 0–10 and drug dosage (lamotrigine) over time Medications will only provide partial relief, so combining them with…
Pharmacotherapy for Primary Headache Disorders in the Elderly
Analgesics: Ibuprofen/diclofenac/indomethacin: Reduction of the renal blood flow, intestinal bleeding, arterial hypertension, interaction with anticoagulants; confusion Triptans: Slight increase in blood pressure, no permission for patients >65 years, theoretical risk…
Pharmacological Strategies in the Prevention of Migraine in Children
Drug Evidence level Dosage Study design References Dose frequency Flunazine A 5–10 mg DBPC; OL [8, 9] Once per die Topiramate A 1–2 mg/kg BDPC [12–14] Once per die Valproate…
Pharmacotherapy for Other Primary Headache Disorders
A. Head pain occurring spontaneously as a single stab or series of stabs and fulfilling criteria B–D B. Each stab lasts for up to a few seconds C. Stabs recur…
Acute Treatment for Primary Headache Disorders in Children
Pain reliefa Pain-freea Drug Dose Age (ys.) Active drug (%) Placebo (%) P-value Active drug (%) Placebo (%) P-value Reference Acetaminophen 15 mg/kg 4–16 54 37 – 39 28 –…
Cluster Headache: Preventative Treatment
10. Jacobs MB (1986) Local subcutaneous atrophy after corticosteroid injection. Postgrad Med 80(4):159–160 11. Jammes JL (1975) The treatment of cluster headaches with prednisone. Dis Nerv Syst 36(7):375–376 12. Mather…
Cluster Headache: Acute and Transitional Treatment
3.1 Diagnostic criteria: A. At least 5 attacks fulfilling B–D B. Severe or very severe unilateral orbital, supraorbital and/or temporal pain lasting 15–180 min if untreated C. Headache is accompanied…
Drug Treatment for Episodic and Chronic Tension-Type Headache
Fig. 9.1 Pharmacological treatment paradigm for tension-type headache 9.4 Prophylactic Pharmacotherapy Prophylactic pharmacotherapy should be considered in patients with chronic TTH, and it can be considered in patients with very…
Drug Treatment for Chronic Migraine
Study Study design Population and treatment Results Topiramate Silvestrini et al. [5] Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel group trial Low dose treatment (50 mg/day), 28 patients with chronic migraine and medication…
Preventive Episodic Migraine Treatment
10. Ryan RE (1984) Comparative study of nadolol and propranolol in prophylactic treatment of migraine. Am Heart J 108:1156–1159 11. Cortelli P, Sacquegna T, Albani F, Baldrati A, D’Alessandro R,…
