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Pharmacology/Drug Development

PAIN TYPE:
Migraine/Headache


2020 Jun 08


Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol

Cluster headache therapies: pharmacology and mode of action.

Authors

Mecklenburg J, Sanchez Del Rio M, Reuter U
Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol. 2020 Jun 08:1-14.
PMID: 32511056.

Abstract

Cluster headache (CH) is the most common trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia with a significant need for novel treatment options. While the use of most of the acute CH medications is supported by clinical trials and based on a pathophysiological concept for the generation of pain, the scientific evidence for preventive CH medications is very limited.