We found a match
Your institution may have rights to this item. Sign in to continue.
- Title
Administration of palmitoylethanolamide in combination with topiramate in the preventive treatment of nummular headache.
- Authors
Chirchiglia, Domenico; Torre, Attilio Della; Signorelli, Francesco; Volpentesta, Giorgio; Guzzi, Giusy; Stroscio, Carmelino Angelo; Deodato, Federica; Gabriele, Donatella; Lavano, Angelo
- Abstract
Nummular headache has been recently described as a primary disorder characterized by head pain exclusively felt in a small rounded area typically 2-6 cm in diameter, not attributed to another disorder. Both size and shape of the painful area remain constant since the onset of symptoms. A 57-year-old woman presented with a history of focal episodic pain in a circumscribed area on the right parietal region. The administration of standard oral doses of palmitoylethanolamide and topiramate in combination showed an improvement in pain symptoms and on pain measuring scales.
- Subjects
TOPIRAMATE; PREVENTIVE medicine; HEADACHE; EPISODIC memory; ADRENOCORTICAL hormones
- Publication
International Medical Case Reports Journal, 2016, Vol 9, p193
- ISSN
1179-142X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2147/IMCRJ.S106323