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Health Encyclopedia: Headaches: Cluster Treatment

Treatment for Acute Attacks

Oxygen Therapy

Breathing pure oxygen (by face mask, for 15 minutes or less) is one of the most effective and safest treatments for cluster headache attacks. It is often the first choice. Inhalation of oxygen raises blood oxygen levels and therefore relaxes constricted blood vessels.

Triptans

Triptans are drugs that are usually used to treat migraine headaches. They can also help stop a cluster attack. Injections of sumatriptan (Imitrex) are the standard triptan treatment....

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Cymbalta Hits a Bump in Its Road to FDA Approval

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Cymbalta Approved for Fibromyalgia

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...Today Eli Lilly and Co. announced the FDA approval of Cymbalta (duloxetine HCI) for the... Read more »

What Does FDA Approval Really Mean?

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Fibromyalgia Treatment

...team to develop an individualized plan. Prescription Medications Thus far three drugs, Lyrica, Cymbalta and Savella have received FDA approval for the treatment of fibromyalgia. A number of... Read more »

Incontinence Medications

...neurotransmitter activity stimulates the nerve that controls the urethral sphincter. The SNRI duloxetine (Cymbalta) is approved in Europe for treatment of stress urinary incontinence. (It is... Read more »

Type 1 Diabetes

...may be particularly beneficial. Unfortunately, tricyclics may cause heart rhythm problems.Duloxetine (Cymbalta) is a serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, a newer type of... Read more »

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Migraine Medication, Medicine

...(Zoloft) -- and selective serotonin/norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), such as duloxetine (Cymbalta) and venlafaxine (Effexor). It is very important that patients not combine a triptan... Read more »

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