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Current Pain and Headache Reports
Published in: Current Pain and Headache Reports 2/2010

01-04-2010

Treatment of Cluster Headache in Pregnancy and Lactation

Authors: Anne H. Calhoun, B. Lee Peterlin

Published in: Current Pain and Headache Reports | Issue 2/2010

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Abstract

Cluster headache (CH) is a neurovascular headache syndrome characterized by headache attacks that occur with a circadian and circannual periodicity. The calculated prevalence of CH in reproductive-aged women is 7.5 of 100,000 women. Although data suggest that CH during pregnancy is a relatively rare condition, when it does occur, attacks remain unchanged in character and severity in the majority of patients. Thus, treatment of CH in pregnant and lactating women may remain a significant therapeutic challenge. This manuscript briefly reviews the epidemiology of CH in women, and then focuses on treatment options for both acute and preventative management of CH in pregnant and lactating women.
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Metadata
Title
Treatment of Cluster Headache in Pregnancy and Lactation
Authors
Anne H. Calhoun
B. Lee Peterlin
Publication date
01-04-2010
Publisher
Current Science Inc.
Published in
Current Pain and Headache Reports / Issue 2/2010
Print ISSN: 1531-3433
Electronic ISSN: 1534-3081
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11916-010-0102-1

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