• Curr Pain Headache Rep · Jan 2015

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    Diagnose and adios: practical tips for the ongoing evaluation and care of TAC patients taking indomethacin.

    • Laura B Xanders and Jessica Ailani.
    • Georgetown Headache Center, Washington, DC, USA, Laura.b.xanders@gunet.georgetown.edu.
    • Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2015 Jan 1;19(2):470.

    AbstractParoxysmal hemicrania and hemicrania continua are primary headache disorders characterized by unilateral attacks of severe pain around the orbit with associated autonomic features. They are unique in their absolute response to indomethacin. Diagnosis is made when patients with suspected paroxysmal hemicrania or hemicrania continua have the resolution of headache with therapeutic doses of indomethacin. Once diagnosis is made, limited data exists on the ongoing management of these patients. For patients who do not tolerate indomethacin, or wish to come off medication, there remain few options. This article will discuss the diagnosis of paroxysmal hemicrania and hemicrania continua and the ongoing management of patients on indomethacin, as well as options for patients who do not tolerate or need to come off indomethacin.

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