MIGRAINE HEADACHES RELIEVED BY HYPOGLYCEMIC REACTION; REPORT OF TWO CASES
Authors: Sidney J. Tillim
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1944)

Article1 April 1944MIGRAINE HEADACHES RELIEVED BY HYPOGLYCEMIC REACTION; REPORT OF TWO CASESSIDNEY J. TILLIM, M.D.SIDNEY J. TILLIM, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-20-4-597 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn the course of treating opiate addicts by hypoglycemic reactions1two patients were encountered whose addiction resulted from treatment for recurrent headaches. These headaches had not responded to the remedies usually used to relieve attacks of migraine. Such remedies as gynergen,‡pure oxygen, with 7 per cent CO2, vitamin B1intravenously, histamine desensitization, and hormone injections were either only partly successful or useless. The recurrent headaches were apparently accepted as an unavoidable condition; the primary complaint was the addiction. It was, therefore, impressive to all concerned, when in the course of treating withdrawal symptoms, intervening headaches were promptly aborted. Previously...Bibliography1. TILLIM SJ: Induced hypoglycemia in the management of opiate withdrawal, Psychiat. Quart., 1941, xv, 460. Ibid.: Opiate withdrawal treated with hypoglycemic reactions, Am. Jr. Psychiat., 1942, xcix, 84. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. TILLIMSQUIRES SJMT: Neurodermatitis treated with hypoglycemic reactions, Arch. Dermat. and Syph., 1941, xliii, 980. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. WILSONBRUCE SAAN: Neurology, 1940, Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, ii, 1570. Google Scholar4. BINGHAYMAKER RW: Textbook of nervous diseases, 1939, C. V. Mosby Co., St. Louis, p. 724. Google Scholar5. SUTHERLANDWOLFF AMHG: Experimental studies on headache, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat., 1940, xliv, 929. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. SOLOMON P: The sympathetic nervous system in migraine, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat., 1936, xxxv, 964. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. GRAHAMWOLFF JRHG: Mechanism of migraine headache and action of ergotamine tartrate, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat., 1938, xxxix, 737. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. LENNOX WG: Practical points in the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy and migraine, Med. Ann. District of Columbia, 1941, x, 459. Google Scholar9. VON STORCH TJ: On the treatment of migraine, Med. Clin. N. Am., 1941, xxv, 1317. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. ALVAREZ WC: Migraine, Med. Clin. N. Am., 1940, xxiv, 1171. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. O'SULLIVAN WE: Present day status of migraine therapy, Endocrinology, 1939, xxiv, 414. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: SIDNEY J. TILLIM, M.D.Affiliations: Amityville, New York*Received for publication January 4, 1943. Work done at the Long Island Home, Amityville, N. Y., prior to enlistment.†Now a Captain in the A. U. S., William Beaumont General Hospital, El Paso, Texas.‡Ergotamine tartrate. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHeadacheTreatment of MigraineDie Erkrankungen des vegetativen SystemsTreatment of Headache 1 April 1944Volume 20, Issue 4 Page: 597-603 Keywords Addicts Histamine Hormones Hypoglycemics Migraine Opiates Oxygen ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1944 PDF downloadLoading ...