title: Treatment of status migrainosus: the American experience.
abstract: Dependence upon a variety of drugs--ergotamine, analgesics, benzodiazepines, corticosteroids--is a major reason for patients to enter an intractable phase of their migrainous disorders. Repeated dosing of dihydroergotamine has proven to be remarkably effective in stabilizing the mechanism of migraine, allowing these patients to make the transition to a more reasonable as well as more specific form of therapy.
authors: University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco 94143.
authors: N H
authors: NH
authors: Raskin
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000465:Algorithms; D000700:Analgesics; D000075202:Contraindications; D004087:Dihydroergotamine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004361:Drug Tolerance / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D004087:Dihydroergotamine