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Case Reports
. 1993 Feb;33(2):96-7.
doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1993.hed3302096.x.

Subcutaneous sumatriptan in the treatment of acute episodes of posttraumatic headache

M J Gawel  1 , P Rothbart, H Jacobs
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Case Reports

Subcutaneous sumatriptan in the treatment of acute episodes of posttraumatic headache

M J Gawel et al. Headache. 1993 Feb.

Abstract

Seven patients with posttraumatic headaches refractory to other medical treatment were treated with sumatriptan, 6 mg subcutaneously, at the peak of a headache. In all, the throbbing temporal part of the headache disappeared leaving a persistent occipital pain. It is postulated that involvement of the trigeminovascular system is involved in part of the pain of posttraumatic headache, making it amenable to treatment with sumatriptan.

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