New Treatment for Cluster Headaches

"Because the headache peaks so rapidly we don't have many treatments to end up aborting the headache, some of the treatments can include oxygen therapy where people would end up making the mask and breathe in seven to nine liters of oxygen," says Dr. Grosberg. Within 10 to 15 minutes of administering Zolmitriptan nasal spray, the headache is aborted bringing incredible relief to patients.

 There are studies that show that cluster headaches are often misdiagnosed or under diagnosed and it is very often misinterpreted as a sinus headache because people can end up having tearing or redness of the eyes and cluster periods can occur during allergy season, so people get mistaken allergy shots for it. "If people are suffering from head or face pain that is so excruciating ,where people have to pace back and forth and can't stay still, then it is not a sinus headache," explains Dr. Grosberg.

 And while migraines typically affect women three times more often than men, cluster headaches affect more men than women. Zolmitriptan nasal spray may cause some patients to experience an unusual taste, nausea, dry mouth, nose discomfort, sweating, weakness, dizziness, or drowsiness. Symptoms of a serious allergic reaction include: rash, itching, swelling, severe dizziness, trouble breathing.