Volume 4, Issue 3 • 2015
The National Headache Foundation • www.headaches.org
NHF Board of Directors
Merle L. Diamond, MD
Joshua Friedman, Esq.
Mark W. Green, MD
Marc D. Lefkowitz
Roger Plummer
Alan B. Rosenberg, MD
Timothy R. Smith, MD, RPh, FACP
Stephen Stern, Esq.
Honorary Board
NHF Board Members
James Beasley
Jan Lewis Brandes, MD
Editorial Board
Donald J. Dalessio, MD
Carol Girard-de-Frain
Philip E. Hixon
Patrick P.A. Humphrey, PhD, DSc
Emily Kaplan Kandel
Paul Kandel
Richard B. Lipton, MD
Edmund Messina, MD
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
AND FOUNDER
Seymour Diamond, MD
ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE
CHAIRMAN
Roger K. Cady, MD
PRESIDENT
Arthur H. Elkind, MD
VICE PRESIDENT
Vincent T. Martin, MD
SECRETARY
Margaret E. Azarian, PhD
TREASURER
Chad J. Beste
Ian Phillips
A. David Rothner, MD
Gary Ruoff, MD
Oliver Sacks, MD
James M. Staulcup, Esq.
Walter Stewart, PhD, MPH
K. Michael Welch, MB, ChB, FRCP
Janet Zlatoff-Mirsky
Arthur H. Elkind, MD, Chair
Margaret E. Azarian, PhD
Jan Lewis Brandes, MD
Roger K. Cady, MD
A. David Rothner, MD
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contents
Cluster Headache–
The Most Severe Headache
Cluster headache is a relatively uncommon headache disorder, but its
excruciating pain has earned it the title of “suicide headache.” What
are the symptoms of this headache condition, and how is it treated?
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Using a Non-Prescription Therapy for Headache
Dissatisfaction with available therapies is a common complaint of
those patients experiencing chronic