Therapeutic effectiveness of lithium carbonate in cluster headache is confirmed on the ground of the results in 20 patients (14 with the episodic form, 6 with the chronic one). Outstanding findings were: a) the early effectiveness; b) the occurrence of therapeutic effects even with low doses; c) the negligible risk of side effects. The way interrupting the treatment in episodic cluster headache is proposed. In chronic cluster headache recurrence can be expected when lithium is stopped, but in some cases it occurs after a long free interval. The contrast is stressed between the high efficacy in all the 20 patients with cluster headache and the complete uneffectiveness in 5 patients affected by headaches considered as borderline between cluster headache and migraine.
[Therapeutic management of cluster headache with lithium carbonate] / Manzoni, Gian Camillo; M. G., Terzano; M., Parma. - In: MINERVA MEDICA. - ISSN 0026-4806. - 71:(1980), pp. 947-952.
[Therapeutic management of cluster headache with lithium carbonate].
MANZONI, Gian Camillo;
1980-01-01
Abstract
Therapeutic effectiveness of lithium carbonate in cluster headache is confirmed on the ground of the results in 20 patients (14 with the episodic form, 6 with the chronic one). Outstanding findings were: a) the early effectiveness; b) the occurrence of therapeutic effects even with low doses; c) the negligible risk of side effects. The way interrupting the treatment in episodic cluster headache is proposed. In chronic cluster headache recurrence can be expected when lithium is stopped, but in some cases it occurs after a long free interval. The contrast is stressed between the high efficacy in all the 20 patients with cluster headache and the complete uneffectiveness in 5 patients affected by headaches considered as borderline between cluster headache and migraine.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
