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(Message started by: floridian on Dec 21^st, 2004, 10:05am)

Title: Fresh Research - Warfarin as a Preventive
Post by floridian on Dec 21^st, 2004, 10:05am

I know of atleast one person on this board who said his clusters were lessened when taking anti-coagulants. There has also been research on warfarin reducing the frequency of migraines. At this point, it isn't clear if everyone with clusters would benefit, or only those with over-coagulation. The clusterhead here who improved on anti-coagulants did have deep vein thrombosis, as did the case below.

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Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2004 Dec;62(4):1090-1091. Epub 2004 Dec 15.

Remission of refractory chronic cluster headache after warfarin administrations: case report.

Souza JA, Moreira Filho PF, Jevoux CD, Martins GF, Pitombo AB. Headache Investigation Sector, Universidade Federal Fluminense.

Isolated reports of a possible positive effect of anti-coagulant drugs, among them heparin, warfarin and acenocumarol, in migraine prophylaxis are found in the literature. We report the case of a 37 years old man suffering from refractory chronic cluster headache that presented remission with the administration of warfarin for the treatment of deep venous thrombosis associated to arterial thrombosis. We did not found any case like that in the literature.