Table e-3. Use of preventive and acute treatments

Preventative Treatment / Acute Medication
Prior to DBS (daily dose) / After DBS (daily dose) / Prior to DBS / After DBS
1 / Nil / Nil / Rizatriptan tablets 10mg x2/day / Rizatriptan tablets10mg x2/day
2 / Verapamil 720mg, Baclofen 15mg / Verapamil 720mg / Oxygen daily / Oxygen once week
3 / Nil / Nil / Nil / Nil
4 / Nil / Nil / S/C sumatriptan x2/day, nasal sumatriptan x3/day / Nasal sumatriptan x1-2/day
5 / Nil / Nil / Nil / Nil
6 / Nil / Nil / Nil / Nil
7 / Methysergide 12mg / Methysergide 9mg / S/C sumatriptan x2/day, oxygen daily / S/C sumatriptan x2/week, oxygen x2/week
8 / Nil / Nil / Nasal sumatriptan x3/day, oromorph 20mg x2/week, nasal lidocaine daily / Nil
9 / Nil / Nil / S/C sumatriptan x2/day, oxygen daily / Oxygen daily
10 / Nil / Nil / S/C sumatriptan x2/day, oxygen daily / S/C sumatriptan x2/day, oxygen daily
11 / Nil / Nil / S/C sumatriptan x2/day, frovatriptan 2.5mg x1/day, oxygen daily / S/C sumatriptan x2/day, frovatriptan 2.5mg x1/week, oxygen daily
12 / Verapamil 360mg, Lithium 1200mg / Verapamil 360mg, Lithium 1200mg / S/C sumatriptan x4/day / Nil
13 / Nil / Nil / Nasal sumatriptan x1/day, oxygen daily / Nasal sumatriptan x2/day, oxygen daily
14 / Nil / Nil / Oxygen daily / Oxygen daily
15 / Nil / Melatonin 16mg / Oxygen once week / Oxygen daily
16 / Baclofen 60mg, Melatonin 14mg / Levitracetam 1g, Melatonin 2mg, Baclofen 60mg / Oxygen daily / Oxygen daily
17 / Verapamil 720mg / Verapamil 960mg / S/C sumatriptan x4/day, oxygen daily / S/C sumatriptan x4/day, oxygen daily
18 / Gabapentin 3600mg, / Gabapentin 300mg / Nasal sumatriptan x3/day, oxygen daily / Nil
19 / Verapamil160mg, Melatonin 9mg / Melatonin 15mg / Oxygen daily / Oxygen daily
20 / Melatonin 16mg / Nil / Nasal sumatriptan x2-3/month / Nil
21 / Nil / Nil / Nil / Nil

Use of preventive treatments and acute treatments for CH prior to and after DBS

DBS: Deep brain stimulation, S/C: subcutaneous