Hypnic headache: Clinical course and treatment

Current Treatment Options in Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-26

  Diener, Hans Christoph ^a   Obermann, Mark ^a   Holle, Dagny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caffeine; Diagnosis; Hypnic headache; Hypothalamus; Indomethacin; Lithium; Melatonin; Pathophysiology; Prophylaxis; Topiramate; Treatment; Triptans

Indexed keywords

ALMOTRIPTAN; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CAFFEINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIPYRONE; DIURETIC AGENT; ELETRIPTAN; ERGOTAMINE; FROVATRIPTAN; INDOMETACIN; LITHIUM CARBONATE; MELATONIN; NARATRIPTAN; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NIMESULIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXETORONE; OXYGEN; PARACETAMOL; PHENYTOIN; PREGABALIN; RIZATRIPTAN; SUMATRIPTAN; TOPIRAMATE; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZOLMITRIPTAN;

ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BLURRED VISION; COFFEE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSTIPATION; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE COURSE; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVENING DOSAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPNIC HEADACHE; INJECTION SITE CONTUSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; NAUSEA; NONREM SLEEP; PARALYSIS; PARESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POLYURIA; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; PRESSURE SENSATION; PREVALENCE; REM SLEEP; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOMNOLENCE; SORE THROAT; THIRST; THORAX PAIN; TREMOR; VIVID DREAM; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 84857627280     PISSN: 10928480     EISSN: 15343138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11940-011-0156-3     Document Type: Article

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