Adolescent chronic paroxysmal hemicrania responsive to verapamil monotherapy.
Two teenage girls with chronic paroxysmal hemicrania demonstrated dramatic yet incomplete improvement with indomethacin. Verapamil monotherapy provided nearly complete cessation of headaches.
Department of Neurology, Nassau County Medical Center, East Meadow, New York 11554.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003027:Cluster Headache / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014700:Verapamil / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D014700:Verapamil