Successful treatment of indomethacin-intolerant chronic paroxysmal hemicrania: Report of two cases

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Yusuf A. Rajabally
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[1] Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Royal Infirmary
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Carbamazepine; Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania; Indomethacin; Ketoprofen; Verapamil;
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10.1007/s10194-003-0053-6
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Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania (CPH) is a rare headache syndrome resulting in non-remitting, recurrent, intense, short-lasting pain, with typical, often total, responsiveness to indomethacin. Other drugs have anecdotally been reported to be potentially effective. Apparent unreponsiveness, in fact due to intolerance to this non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, can lead to doubt about the initial diagnosis. Two such cases of CPH, for whom effective alternative treatment was eventually given, are described.
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