Verapamil

“A lower dose, but sometimes the doses are increased, particularly in patients with cluster headache. So what do you do if you have a normotensive person with cluster headaches? How do you treat them with verapamil? There are some patients that I have where usually in collaboration with a cardiologist.”

“milligrams of verapamil. And for your audience to know, that is an exceedingly high dose. Once again, EKGs need to be checked, blood pressure, pulse needs to be checked, tolerability needs to be checked. But that was the dose that was needed, and that person tolerated it amazingly.”