Course of chronic cluster headache.
A follow-up study (3.2 years) of 56 patients with chronic cluster headache who had had no remissions for at least a year. They were treated with lithium carbonate, methysergide and prednisone singly and in combination. An assessment of the therapeutic benefits is followed by a discussion on the course of chronic cluster headache.
D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003027:Cluster Headache / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008094:Lithium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016651:Lithium Carbonate; D008297:Male; D008784:Methysergide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014653:Vascular Headaches / Q000188:drug therapy*
D004338:Drug Combinations; D016651:Lithium Carbonate; D008094:Lithium; D011241:Prednisone; D008784:Methysergide