Successful treatment of hypnic headache with topiramate: a case report.
Hypnic headache is a rare cause of benign headache in the elderly. This is a clinical report of a 67-year-old housewife, suffering from hypnic headache, in which topiramate yielded a successful prophylactic effect at 100 mg/day.
Guido
Marco
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Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti, Medical and Neurological Sciences, Clinic of Nervous System Diseases, University of Foggia, Italy.
Specchio
Luigi Maria
LM
D000368:Aged; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005632:Fructose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D051270:Headache Disorders, Primary / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D000077236:Topiramate; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000927:Anticonvulsants; D000077236:Topiramate; D005632:Fructose