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Table 14 Pharmacological attack treatment and prophylactic treatment of cluster headache

From: Reference programme: Diagnosis and treatment of headache disorders and facial pain. Danish Headache Society, 2nd Edition, 2012

Medicinal product

Dosage

Attack treatment

 Pure oxygen, inhalation

From 7 to 12 l/min

 Sumatriptan injection

6 mg

 Sumatriptan nasally

20 mg

Prophylactic treatment

 Verapamil tablets

240–960 mg

 Prednisolone

75 mg initially

 Lithium

According to serum values

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