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Successful Treatment of Status Migrainosus After Electroconvulsive Therapy With Dihydroergotamine
Author(s) -
Stead Matt,
Josephs Keith A.
Publication year - 2005
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.1526-4610.2005.05077_1.x
Subject(s) - dihydroergotamine , electroconvulsive therapy , medicine , refractory (planetary science) , anesthesia , migraine , electroconvulsive shock , physics , astrobiology
We describe a case of status migrainosus precipitated by electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) that was refractory to treatment with triptan medications but which resolved with dihydroergotamine (DHE). We briefly review some of the receptor pharmacology possibly related to this observation.