Patent ID: 9061025
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: A61K

Abstract:
1. A method for treating a headache, the method comprising the steps of: (a) selecting a patient by determining that the patient has at least one symptom of an imploding headache pain, wherein the at least one symptom includes a perception of pressure or force exerted from outside of the patient's skull in an inward fashion, a feeling of an object sitting heavy on the patient's head, a feeling of an object squeezing the patient's head, a feeling of a vice being tightened on the patient's head, a feeling of a sharp object being inserted into his head, or combinations thereof; and; (b) administering locally a therapeutically effective amount of a botulinum toxin type A to the selected patient, wherein the number of injection sites is 23 to 58, and the therapeutically effective amount ranges from about 105 to about 260 units, thereby treating the headache.