Methods for treating headache

摘要

A headache can be treated more effectively by co-administration of a botulinum toxin and a triptan drug to a patient and/or the effectiveness of a triptan medication can be increased. The botulinum toxin can be botulinum toxin type A and the botulinum toxin can be administered to or to the vicinity of where a patient experiences or is predisposed to experience pain or a headache.

主权项

1. A method for treating a headache patient with an enhanced therapeutic response to a botulinum toxin treatment of a headache, the method comprising; identifying and selecting a patient who is not using a prophylactic headache pain medication, wherein the enhanced response is relative to a patient who is using a prophylactic headache pain medication; and locally administering from between about 105 and about 260 units of botulinum toxin to the patient; wherein the patient who is not using a prophylactic pain medication and who is being treated with botulinum toxin for a headache experiences at least 0.5 headache-free days (out of a 30-day-month) more than the patient who uses a prophylactic pain medication and who is being treated with botulinum toxin for a headache.