Managing external cold-stimulus headache with preventive naproxen

TY - JOUR

T1 - Managing external cold-stimulus headache with preventive naproxen

AU - Khoo, Anthony

AU - Kiley, Michelle

AU - Goadsby, Peter J.

PY - 2020/1/1

Y1 - 2020/1/1

N2 - The management of external cold-stimulus headache has previously focused on trigger avoidance, which can be an impractical and sometimes impossible solution. We describe the case of a 20-year-old woman who presented with a typical example of external cold-stimulus headache, and in whom a preventive regime of naproxen taken 30 min prior to cold exposure was associated with reliable prevention of cold-induced headache symptoms. This could be an effective strategy for managing patients with cold-stimulus headache for whom cold triggers cannot be avoided.

AB - The management of external cold-stimulus headache has previously focused on trigger avoidance, which can be an impractical and sometimes impossible solution. We describe the case of a 20-year-old woman who presented with a typical example of external cold-stimulus headache, and in whom a preventive regime of naproxen taken 30 min prior to cold exposure was associated with reliable prevention of cold-induced headache symptoms. This could be an effective strategy for managing patients with cold-stimulus headache for whom cold triggers cannot be avoided.

KW - clinical neurology history

KW - cold-stimulus headache

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85089759024&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1177/2515816320915696

DO - 10.1177/2515816320915696

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85089759024

SN - 2515-8163

VL - 3

JO - Cephalalgia Reports

JF - Cephalalgia Reports

ER -