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Subcutaneous Sumatriptan in the Treatment of Acute Episodes of Posttraumatic Headache
Author(s) -
Gawel Marek J.,
Rothbart Peter,
Jacobs Howard
Publication year - 1993
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 - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1993.hed3302096.x
Subject(s) - sumatriptan , medicine , headaches , migraine , anesthesia , refractory (planetary science) , surgery , physics , receptor , astrobiology , agonist
SYNOPSIS Seven patients with posttraumatic headaches refractory to other medical treatment were treated with sumatriptan, 6 mg subcutaneously, at the peak of a headache. In all, the throbbing temporal part of the headache disappeared leaving a persistent occipital pain. It is postulated that involvement of the trigeminovascular system is involved in part of the pain of posttraumatic headache, making it amenable to treatment with sumatriptan.