title: [Prophylactic treatment of cluster headache with verapamil].
abstract: Verapamil is the preventive therapy of choice for cluster headache. The recommended dose ranges from 240-720 mg/day. In a retrospective study nine patients with episodic and three patients with chronic cluster headache were analyzed. In episodic cluster headache early treatment onset stopped attacks within 20 days in 80%, late treatment onset was successful within ten days in 67%. Early treatment onset shortens episode duration by four times. The recommended dose is 360 mg/day. Chronic cluster headache probably requires higher doses.
authors.affiliation: Schmerzklinik Kirschgarten Basel.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stallmach
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003027:Cluster Headache / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014700:Verapamil / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D014700:Verapamil