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Table 11 Treatments offered to previously diagnosed patients, (%)

From: Cluster headache in Greece: an observational clinical and demographic study of 302 patients

 

Overall % (N = 127)

Previously diagnosed by a neurologist % (N = 89)

Subcutaneous sumatriptan

2.4

3.4

O2 inhalation

13.5

13.5

Triptans orally

31.0

33.7

Corticosteroids orally

43.7

44.9

Verapamil

18.3

20.2

Lithium

3.2

2.2

Topiramate

23.8

23.6

Valproate

6.3

6.7

Carbamazepine

18.3

15.7

Flunarizine

16.7

19.1

Tricyclic antidepressants

10.3

9.0

SSRIs, SNRIs

11.1

10.1

Alternative treatments

28.2

32.2