Effectiveness of Oxygen and Other Acute Treatments for Cluster Headache: Results From the Cluster Headache Questionnaire, an International Survey

• Published in: Headache Vol. 59; no. 2; pp. 235 - 249
• Main Authors: Pearson, Stuart M., Burish, Mark J., Shapiro, Robert E., Yan, Yuanqing, Schor, Larry I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.02.2019; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Analgesics - therapeutic use; Beverages; Caffeine; Capsaicin; cluster headache; Cluster Headache - diagnosis; Cluster Headache - drug therapy; Cluster Headache - therapy; Clusters; Complications; Criteria; Diagnosis; Diagnostic systems; Dihydroergotamine - therapeutic use; Emotions; Energy drinks; Ergot; Ergotamine; Female; Headache; Headaches; Health Surveys; Humans; Ketamine; Lidocaine; Male; Medicare; Middle Aged; Migraine; Mood; Narcotics; Opioids; Oxygen; Oxygen - therapeutic use; Pain Management; Patients; Polls & surveys; probable cluster headache; Questionnaires; Research Submission; Research Submissions; Side effects; Sumatriptan; Treatment Outcome; trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia; triptan; Tryptamines - therapeutic use; probable cluster headache; trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia; triptan; Medicare; oxygen; cluster headache

Objective To assess the effectiveness and adverse effects of acute cluster headache medications in a large international sample, including recommended treatments such as oxygen, commonly used medications such as opioids, and emerging medications such as intranasal ketamine. Particular focus is paid...