[Prophylactic treatment of cluster headache with verapamil].
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.
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Schmerzklinik Kirschgarten Basel.
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*
D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D014700:Verapamil