Calcium entry blocker: Treatment in acute pain in cluster headache patients
- 30 September 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in The Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences
- Vol. 7 (5) , 531-534
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02342033
Abstract
15 chronic cluster headache patients in whom pain was induced by nitroglycerin received acute intravenous treatment with a calcium entry blocker. At the time of peak pain we noted a sudden decrease after the Verapamil injection. The mechanism by which the calcium entry blocker afforded relief is unlikely to have been vasodilatation in patients whose blood vessels had just been dilated by nitroglycerin. A more probable mechanism is blockade of the release of the pain-inducing neurotransmitters. The vasodilatation phase is not a primary factor in the onset of pain. Sono stati studiati 15 soggetti affetti da Cluster cronica inducendo loro la crisi dolorosa con Trinitrina, trattandoli poi con calcio antagonista (Verapamil) per via endovenosa. Al momento dell'apice del dolore, valutato dal paziente con un analogo visivo, la somministrazione di Verapamil endovena, determina una rapida estinzione del dolore. L'azione efficace del Ca-antagonista non può sicuramente essere rapportata alla vasodilatazione poiché la crisi dolorosa insorge già in una fase di vasodilatazione per l'azione della Trinitina. Il meccanismo d'azione più probabile è il blocco del release di neurotrasmettitori inducenti l'attacco doloroso. Si sottolinea che la vasodilatazione non è il fattore primario dell'induzione del dolore.This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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