Thank you Ms. Cook - this is a very accurate article on a very misunderstood disease. At one time it was thought only men suffered from cluster headache. then the ratio was thought to be 10 men to one woman, then 5 or 6 to one. Currently. many feel one third of "cluasterheads" are women, and the real number may be higher.
Also, it is now thought that cutting the trigeminal nerve is not an appropriate treatment for intractable cluster headache - it leads to permanent loss of sensation and movement in the face, and but does not permanently stop the cluster headache attacks.
One of the best treatment found so far is unfortunately illegal - small doses of tryptamine hallucinogens such as psilocybin seem very effective, based on anecdotal and preliminary research. A small clinical trial is now underway in Germany to test a non-hallucinogenic (and perhaps legal) cousin of psilocybin called BOL-148, and early results are very promising.
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Thank you Ms. Cook - this is a very accurate article on a very misunderstood disease. At one time it was thought only men suffered from cluster headache. then the ratio was thought to be 10 men to one woman, then 5 or 6 to one. Currently. many feel one third of "cluasterheads" are women, and the real number may be higher.
Also, it is now thought that cutting the trigeminal nerve is not an appropriate treatment for intractable cluster headache - it leads to permanent loss of sensation and movement in the face, and but does not permanently stop the cluster headache attacks.
One of the best treatment found so far is unfortunately illegal - small doses of tryptamine hallucinogens such as psilocybin seem very effective, based on anecdotal and preliminary research. A small clinical trial is now underway in Germany to test a non-hallucinogenic (and perhaps legal) cousin of psilocybin called BOL-148, and early results are very promising.
July 29, 2010 - 3:39amThis Comment
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