ArticleEuropean archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery2016
Acetazolamide in vestibular migraine prophylaxis: a retrospective study.
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- Insights into Vestibular Migraine: Diagnostic Challenges, Differential Spectrum and Therapeutic Horizons.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
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- Recent Trends in Treatment of Vestibular Migraine: A Systematic Review.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2024Article
- Vestibular Migraine Pathophysiology and Treatment: a Narrative Review.Current pain and headache reports · 2024Review
- Treating Vestibular Migraine When Pregnant and Postpartum: Progress, Challenges and Innovations.International journal of women's health · 2023Review
- Current Insights into Treating Vertigo in Older Adults.Drugs & aging · 2021Review
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- A sleep modulated Channelopathy: a novel CACNA1A pathogenic variant identified in episodic Ataxia type 2 and a potential link to sleep alleviated migraine.BMC neurology · 2019Article
- Self-motion perception is sensitized in vestibular migraine: pathophysiologic and clinical implications.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- A New Kid on the Block? Carbonic Anhydrases as Possible New Targets in Alzheimer's Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019Review
- Current Treatment Options: Vestibular Migraine.Current treatment options in neurology · 2017Review
- Recent Advances in the Understanding of Vestibular Migraine.Behavioural neurology · 2016Review
- The Treatment of Vestibular Migraine: A Narrative Review.Annals of Indian Academy of NeurologyReview
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Abstract
The aim of this study is to check the efficacy of acetazolamide in the prophylaxis of vestibular migraine (VM). Treatment options in VM are mainly based on migraine guidelines. We tried to assess the efficacy of acetazolamide in these patients depending on clinical similarities with episodic ataxia type 2 and familial hemiplegic migraine responding to the drug. This is a retrospective cohort study. Among 50 patients with VM and prescribed acetazolamide 500 mg/day, 39 patients were studied as five had been lost on follow-up and six had stopped taking the drug due to side effects. Vertigo and headache frequency determined by number of attacks per month, and the severity determined by visual analog scales measured in centimeters from 0 to 10 were collected from the records. Initial reported figures for frequency and severity were compared with the results gathered after 3 months of treatment. The results were compared. Acetazolamide was effective in reducing both the frequency and severity of vertigo and headache attacks and this effect was more prominent for vertigo frequency and severity.
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