Cluster headache patients say the pain they experience can be more excruciating than childbirth or a gunshot wound. Attacks usually occur several times a day and can go on for weeks or months. A new ...

While oxygen therapy is effective for cluster headaches, its effectiveness for migraine is still uncertain and requires further research. Some studies suggest oxygen therapy may reduce migraine ...

A cluster headache is a rare type of headache that occurs suddenly and causes pain in one side of the head, often in the eye area. The name cluster headache comes from the tendency of these headaches ...

gammaCore is cleared by the FDA for acute and preventive treatment of cluster headache and the acute treatment of migraine in adults. Previously, only 2 treatments were approved for acute treatment of ...

The treatment is administered subcutaneously into the skin of the middle thigh. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Brekiya ® (dihydroergotamine mesylate) injection for the acute ...

Migraine is a complex neurological disease that affects people in many different ways. But as painful and disabling as it can be, it's not the only headache disorder that can bring people to their ...

Melatonin may help prevent cluster headaches. Other treatments, such as triptans and corticosteroids, may help relieve the symptoms when they occur. Cluster headaches are severely painful headaches ...

Oxygen therapy can help treat cluster headaches. However, current research does not support its use for migraine and other headache types. Oxygen therapy involves breathing in air that contains 100% ...

Dr. Omar Al-Heeti is an assistant professor of medicine at Southern Illinois University and practices internal medicine with a specialty in infectious diseases. He received his medical degree from the ...

The first time I experienced a cluster headache, I thought I was dying. I thought it was an aneurysm or stroke, because surely this amount of pain would kill me. But then, after around 90 minutes, it ...