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Background Vascular Headache: Relief with Indomethacin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Dan Boghen  and
Nicole Desaulniers
Dan Boghen*
Affiliation:
Neurology Service and the Department of Pharmacy, Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal Hospital, Montreal, and the Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec
Nicole Desaulniers
Affiliation:
Neurology Service and the Department of Pharmacy, Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal Hospital, Montreal, and the Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec
*
Neurology Service, Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal Hospital, 3840 St-Urbain, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H2W 1T8.
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A patient with long standing sustained unilateral headache (“background vascular”) and occasional multiple jabs received prompt and lasting relief from indomethacin. The effectiveness of the drug was tested in a placebo controlled double-blind trial. Indomethacin may be of value in some types of sustained headache.

Type
Original Articles
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , November 1983 , pp. 270 - 271
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1983

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