Successful treatment of status migrainosus after electroconvulsive therapy with dihydroergotamine

Matt Stead; Keith A. Josephs

doi:10.1111/j.1526-4610.2005.05077_1.x

Successful treatment of status migrainosus after electroconvulsive therapy with dihydroergotamine

Matt Stead, Keith A. Josephs

Neurology

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Abstract

We describe a case of status migrainosus precipitated by electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) that was refractory to treatment with triptan medications but which resolved with dihydroergotamine (DHE). We briefly review some of the receptor pharmacology possibly related to this observation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	378-380
Number of pages	3
Journal	Headache
Volume	45
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1526-4610.2005.05077_1.x
State	Published - Apr 1 2005

Keywords

Dihydroergotamine
Electroconvulsive therapy
Status migrainosus

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Neurology
Clinical Neurology

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