title: Sexual headaches: case report, review, and treatment with calcium blocker.
abstract: A case is reported in which a patient with sexual and orgasmic headaches was treated successfully with a calcium channel blocker, diltiazem. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of successful treatment of sexual headaches with calcium channel blockers reported in the English medical literature. The literature on sexually related headaches is reviewed, and classification, evaluation, differential diagnosis, pathophysiology, differential diagnosis, and treatment of sexual headaches are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo 43699-0008.
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Akpunonu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ahrens
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003075:Coitus / Q000502:physiology; D004110:Diltiazem / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006261:Headache / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D004110:Diltiazem