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…
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…
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 –…
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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…
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…
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…
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References Number of participants Period Age Headache Migraine TTH Eurolight Project (2014) Steiner et al. [39] 8271 (9 countries) 1 year (unadjusted) 18–65 79.6 % 22.2 % (definite) 30.8…
A. Any headache (H) fulfilling criterion C B. Another disorder scientifically documented to be able to cause H has been diagnosed C. Evidence of causation demonstrated by at least two…
Migraine without aura Indicators Migraine without aura and its indicators, 1.1 [G43.0/N89] Migraine without aura A At least five attacks fulfilling criteria B–D B Headache attacks lasting 4–72 h C…