Summary
The essential clinical features of eight cases of carotidynia are out-lined. As little is known about treatment, the effectiveness was evaluated of drugs used in some specific forms of vascular headache with similar pain characteristics. Indomethacin or flurbiprofen were shown to be potent drugs in the treatment of carotidynia.
Zusammenfassung
Anhand von acht Fällen von Karotidynie werden die wesentlichen klinischen Kriterien dieses Schmerzsyndroms hervorgehoben. Aus der bisherigen Literatur ist relativ wenig bekannt über Möglichkeiten der Behandlung. Es wurde daher die Wirksamkeit von Medikamenten, welche bei einigen Sonderformen von vaskulärem Kopfschmerz mit einem der Karotidynie ähnlichen Schmerzcharakter erfolgreich angewandt wurden, geprüft. Es stellte sich heraus, daß Indomethacin und Flurbiprophen in der Behandlung der Karotidynie eine gute Wirkung haben.
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Orfei, R., Meienberg, O. Carotidynia: report of eight cases and prospective evaluation of therapy. J Neurol 230, 65–72 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00313598
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