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Migraine With Aura After Administration of Sublingual Nitroglycerin Tablets
Author(s) -
Bánk J.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1046/j.1526-4610.2001.111006084.x
Subject(s) - aura , nitroglycerin (drug) , migraine , medicine , anesthesia , migraine with aura , angina , cardiology , myocardial infarction
As a nitric oxide donor, nitroglycerin can trigger migraine in migraineurs. The headache is not characteristically accompanied by an aura. A patient with no personal or family history of migraine reported the development of a typical visual aura and a throbbing headache while using nitroglycerin for angina pectoris. The possible mechanisms are discussed.