Posted by Sigismund on January 8, 2010, at 18:07:32
In reply to Lamictal for PD, GAD, cluster headache, posted by Vincent_QC on January 7, 2010, at 16:28:09
Why would this be, Vincent?
>Low-dose psychedelics
>There is substantial anecdotal evidence that serotonergic psychedelics such as psilocybin (mushrooms) and LSD and LSA (d-Lysergic acid amide, contained by Rivea corymbosa seeds) abort cluster periods and extend remission periods. The doses needed for the effect on cluster headaches are below those needed to produce psychedelic effects.[33][34][35] Melatonin, psilocybin, serotonin, and the triptan abortive drugs are closely-related tryptamines.
>Dr. Andrew Sewell and Dr. John Halpern at McLean Hospital in Boston have investigated the ability of psilocybin ("magic mushrooms") and LSD to treat cluster headaches. These researchers examined medical records of 53 patients who had taken hallucinogenic mushrooms and reported in Neurology that the majority of them found partial or complete relief from cluster attacks.[36] A clinical study of these treatments under the auspices of Clusterbusters is being developed by Dr. Halpern and colleagues at Harvard Medical School, McLean Hospital.[37][38]
>2-Bromo-LSD (BOL), a non-hallucinogenic derivative of LSD, delivered promising results in a small clinical trial in four patients.[39]
which I found in
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_headacheIt might suggest something, though I don't know what exactly.
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