Table 5 Preventive treatment use before and after the establishment of nVNS therapy
From: Non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation for treatment of cluster headache: early UK clinical experience
Treatment | No. of Patients | |
|---|---|---|
Prior to nVNS | Concomitant With nVNS | |
Verapamil | 8 | 6 |
Topiramate | 5 | 4 |
Amitriptyline | 2 | 2 |
Melatonin | 2 | 2 |
Baclofen | 1 | 1 |
Bilateral OCS (implanted) | 1 | 1 |
DBS | 1 | 1 |
Gabapentin | 1 | 1 |
Lithium | 1 | 1 |
Pregabalin | 1 | 0 |