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NEUROLOGY 2006;66:275-277
© 2006 American Academy of Neurology
Brief Communications

The effect of glatiramer acetate treatment on pre-existing headaches in patients with MS

Walter Pöllmann, MD, Lutz-Peter Erasmus, PhD, Wolfgang Feneberg, MD and Andreas Straube, MD

From Marianne-Strauss-Klinik (W.P., W.F.), Berg; Therapiezentrum Burgau (L.-P.E.); and Department of Neurology (A.S.), University of Munich, Klinikum Grosshadern, Germany.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Walter Pöllmann, Marianne-Strauss-Klinik, Milchberg 21, D- 82335, Berg, Germany; e-mail: Walter.Poellmann{at}ms-klinik.info

During the first 6 months of glatiramer acetate therapy in 82 consecutive patients with multiple sclerosis, in only 6% frequency of pre-existing headaches increased by more than 50%. This is less than the headache aggravation reported in an earlier study in up to 35% of patients during the first 6 months on interferon beta.

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Disclosure: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

Received March 28, 2005. Accepted in final form October 12, 2005.




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