Basilar-type migraine patients responsive to lamotrigine: a 5-year follow-up

Neurol Sci. 2013 May:34 Suppl 1:S165-6. doi: 10.1007/s10072-013-1384-y.

Abstract

Five years ago we reported the case of three patients affected by basilar-type migraine (BM) responsive to lamotrigine. At that time, proven treatment options for BM are rather limited and lamotrigine has been tested in BM patients because it was a widely tested treatment for migraine with aura. That positive 1-year experience leaded us to suggest that lamotrigine could be a preventive therapeutic option for BM patients, with and without menstruation association. We now report the five-year follow-up of the same patients to confirm and underlie the possible role of lamotrigine to induce BM attacks remission.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Lamotrigine
  • Migraine with Aura / drug therapy*
  • Triazines / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists
  • Triazines
  • Lamotrigine