Patent ID: 7018983

Claim:
A method for migraine prophylaxis in a non-epileptic human patient diagnosed as having suffered at least one migraine headache, the method comprising administering to the patient (a) an effective amount of a sulfamate of the following formula (I): wherein X is oxygen; R 1 is hydrogen or a lower alkyl; and R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 5 are independently hydrogen or a lower alkyl, and R 2 and R 3 and/or R 4 and R 5 together are a methylenedioxy group of the following formula (II): wherein R 6 and R 7 are the same or different and are hydrogen, lower alkyl or are alkyl and are joined to form a cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl ring; or (b) an effective amount of a derivative of a sulfamate of formula I, wherein the derivative is a pharmaceutically acceptable ester of a sulfamate of formula I or a salt of the ester.