Sumatriptan in excessive doses over 15 years in a patient with chronic cluster headache

Headache

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1546-1548

  Kallweit, Ulf ^a,b   Sándor, Peter S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Kamillus Klinik   (Germany)

^c Kantonsspital Baden   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

chronic cluster headache; overdosage; side effect; sumatriptan

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SUMATRIPTAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC CLUSTER HEADACHE; CLUSTER HEADACHE; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MIOSIS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINORRHEA; SUNCT SYNDROME;

CLUSTER HEADACHE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SUMATRIPTAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 81255124299     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2011.02017.x     Document Type: Article

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