title: Frovatriptan for the treatment of cluster headaches.
abstract: Cluster headaches both episodic and chronic are some of the most challenging headaches to treat. Although effective treatments are now available, some patients continue to be unresponsive to standard therapy. We present 17 patients from our practice whom we treated preventively with frovatriptan, a new triptan with a long half-life. The promising results suggest that this medication may be an useful addition to our ammaterium against this painful disorder.
authors.affiliation: Jefferson Headache Center, Department of Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA. siow@juno.com
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Siow
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pozo-Rosich
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Silberstein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002227:Carbazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003027:Cluster Headache / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014363:Tryptamines
chemical_list: D002227:Carbazoles; D014363:Tryptamines; C108128:frovatriptan