Are Cox-2 drugs the second line option in indomethacin responsive headaches?

• DOI: 10.1007/s10194-010-0225-0
• Publication Date: 2010-06-01T11:31:04Z
• Authors: Jesús Porta-Etessam; Marialuz Cuadrado; Octavio Rodríguez...; Sara García-Ptacek; Cristina Valencia
• Keywords: Celecoxib; Pain medicine

Paroxysmal hemicrania and continua are both indomethacin-responsive headaches. Although indomethacin use to be well tolerated, some patients developed gastrointestinal side effects. We report four cases of a patient suffering chronic paroxysmal completely responsive celecoxib. In our experience celecoxib is good option treatment for from or hemicranea that presents adverse