Sexual headaches: case report, review, and treatment with calcium blocker

Headache. 1991 Mar;31(3):141-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1991.hed3103141.x.

Abstract

A case is reported in which a patient with sexual and orgasmic headaches was treated successfully with a calcium channel blocker, diltiazem. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of successful treatment of sexual headaches with calcium channel blockers reported in the English medical literature. The literature on sexually related headaches is reviewed, and classification, evaluation, differential diagnosis, pathophysiology, differential diagnosis, and treatment of sexual headaches are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Coitus* / physiology
  • Diltiazem / therapeutic use*
  • Headache / drug therapy*
  • Headache / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Male

Substances

  • Diltiazem