About Cluster Headache
What is cluster headache?
Cluster headache has been called one of the most painful conditions known to mankind. Sufferers typically experience a severe stabbing pain on one side of the face, usually centered over one eye, one temple or forehead.1
The pain is often experienced at a similar time each day. Then pain usually reaches full intensity rapidly and can last from 15-180 minutes. A blocked or runny nose, drooping eyelid, or tearing can also be experienced with an attack.2
Find support for cluster headache pain
If you suffer from cluster headache, you don’t have to go through it alone. In the United States, 1 to 2 adults in every 1,000 patients has experienced a cluster attack.3 Support groups are a helpful way to connect with others who are going through the same experience as you.
Learn more about support groups
gammaCore is indicated for the acute treatment of pain associated with episodic cluster headache in adult patients.
Please see Important Safety Information. Please also see the gammaCore Instructions for Use
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Available by prescription only. US Federal Law restricts this device to sale by or on the order of a licensed healthcare provider. Please ask your healthcare provider if gammaCore is a treatment option for you.
References: 1. Rossi P, Whelan J, Craven A, Ruiz De La Torre E. What is cluster headache? Fact sheet for patients and their families. A publication to mark Cluster Headache Day 2016. Funct Neurol. 2016;31(3):181-183. 2. Olesen J, Bendtsen L, Goadsby P, Wang S-J, Schwedt T, Ducros A, et al. The International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3rd edition. Cephalagia. 2013;33(9)629-808. 3. Weaver-Agostoni J. Cluster headache. Am Fam Physician. 2013;88(2):122-128.
