All information on cluster headache research, cluster headache diagnostics and cluster headache therapy
Prof. Dr. Hartmut Göbel, Head Physician of the Kiel Pain Clinic: Suicide headache, orphan of medicine, nameless headaches: These terms reflect a time when the medical care system barely recognized, diagnosed, or treated cluster headaches. In the [...]
The anniversary congress on the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Federal Association of Cluster Headache Self-Help Groups (CSG) eV Suicide headache, orphan of medicine, headache nameless: The names testify to the time when the medical care system hardly knew cluster headache, did not diagnose it and [ ...]
How do corticoids affect vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 for migraines, cluster headaches and other headaches? Therapy with prednisolone and other corticoids ("cortisone"), for example for the treatment of status migraenosus, cluster headaches or for the treatment of rebound headaches during a [...]
A new study from the Kiel Pain Clinic involving 825 patients with cluster headaches shows that cluster headaches can present with considerable clinical variability. The inter- and intra-individual variability of the phenotype can contribute to the fact that the clinical headache phenotype is characterized by [...]
On Friday, February 27, 2020, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced on its website that it recommends rejecting the marketing authorization application for Emgality® (galcanezumab) for the prophylaxis of episodic cluster headache in adults [...]
Headaches are a common problem. 54 million people in Germany are affected. Dr. Heinz-Wilhelm Esser meets headache patients. During his visit to the Kiel Pain Clinic, he found out about, among other things, the causes of migraines and headaches, [...]
Patients with cluster headaches and severe migraine attacks rely on the use of sumatriptan 6 mg using an auto-injector (pen). The active substance is dispensed from a cartridge using a ballpoint pen-like device at the push of a button.
Spring is generally associated with positive feelings. However, there are people who view this season with great concern: those who suffer from cluster headaches and their families. Episodic cluster headaches are particularly common now, often starting with [...]
Below you can read the results of the chat on January 12, 2016 with Prof. Göbel. This link leads directly to the chat group: Live chat with Prof. Göbel on January 12, 2016 Julia January 11, 2016 at 12:01 p.m. Hello Mr. [...]
Greetings from Hermann Gröhe International headache researchers and those affected will meet from September 4th. to September 6th, 2015 in Kiel for the European Cluster Headache Conference 2015. The conference will take place under the patronage of Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament, at [...]
Isoptin RR: Unusually long delivery times. For the preventive treatment of cluster headaches, many patients rely on a constant dose of sustained-release verapamil. This dosage form releases the active ingredient verapamil slowly and continuously over 12 hours [...]
Cluster headaches are one of the most severe pain disorders known to humankind. They are characterized by sudden, excruciating attacks of pain lasting 15-180 minutes, occurring on one side of the head, in the eye area, forehead, or temple. The frequency can be up to eight [...]
The nominations of the 2014 Axis Central Prize have been determined. Among them is also the joint project "Nationwide against trigemino-autonomous cephalia" from the Federal Association of Cluster Hedge Schmerz-Self-Aid Groups (CSG) EV, the Pain Clinic Kiel and the Techniker Krankenkasse. It is [...]
The DGS Practice Guidelines are a project of the German Society for Pain Medicine (DGS) and the German Pain League (DSL). Their purpose is to develop comprehensive research and analysis of available scientific data, as well as [...]
Among the 363 main headache diagnoses currently classified, in addition to the common conditions of migraine and tension-type headache, are a number of very rare headache disorders. These include, in particular, episodic and chronic cluster headache (CK), which [...]
ONS Service Material ONS Quick Guide - IPG ONS IPG Supine Position Emergency Instructions ONS IPG Prone Position Emergency Instructions For patients with therapy-resistant chronic migraine pain who do not respond adequately to other treatment methods, [...]
The Internet community www.headbook.me enables a detailed networking and exchange of experiences for all topics about migraine and headaches in the age of the Internet, active self-help and independent information procurement are becoming increasingly important. Our health system leaves it [...]
Recognized by the Schleswig-Holstein Medical Association with 10 training points, category A Diagnosis and therapy of chronic migraine and headache disorders A training event of the nationwide headache treatment network and the migraine and headache center at the Kiel Pain Clinic Time: [...]
Pain medicine topics- for further and further education You would like to find out about changes, innovations, current topics or trends in your field? Do you want practical information that are clearly and understandably prepared? You stand [...]
In June 2013, the international headache company (IHS) published the beta version of the 3rd edition of the international headache classification (IchD-IIII). In recent years, numerous new findings on diagnostics and classification [...]
