Abstract
Patients with cluster headaches occasionally fail to respond to conventional preventive treatments. We herein report a case of a patient with a cluster headache in which the symptoms were refractory to conventional preventive treatments except for high-dose glucocorticoids. The headache attacks occurred daily while sleeping, thus the patient suffered from insomnia. Ramelteon, a selective melatonin receptor agonist and a member of a new class of insomnia therapies, completely suppressed the attacks during sleep and provided rapid relief from insomnia. This is the first English case report to describe the efficacy of ramelteon as a preventive treatment for cluster headaches.
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