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Acute Therapy for Cluster Headache with Sumatriptan:Findings of a One-Year Long-Term Study
Neurol 51:980-911, Gobel,H.,et al, 1998
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Article Abstract
The efficacy,safety,and tolerability of subcutaneous sumatriptan in the acute treatment of cluster headache were investigated in a multicenter study over a period of up to 1 year.A total of 2,031 attacks were evaluated in 52 patients.Therapy was successful in 88%of all attacks. Freedom from pain within 15 minutes in more than 90%of all attacks treated was reported by 42%of the patients,and no decline in efficacy occurred during the course of the study.Adverse events were reported by 62%of the patients.
 
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