cluster headache
noun
: a headache that is characterized by severe pain in the eye or temple and tends to recur in a series of attacks
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In circumstances where treatment is either inaccessible or inadequate, frustrated patients are resorting to do-it-yourself medicine, like using psilocybin to manage cluster headaches.
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Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
Examples include cluster headaches, epilepsy, and multiple sclerosis (MS).
—Sarah Hudgens, Health, 20 Dec. 2024
Studies are beginning to corroborate anecdotes, for example, that DMT could treat cluster headaches, one of the most painful conditions known to humankind.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
Several underlying conditions, such as migraine, cluster headaches, and infections, can cause pain on one side of your head.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 25 July 2024
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Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
Examples include cluster headaches, epilepsy, and multiple sclerosis (MS).
—Sarah Hudgens, Health, 20 Dec. 2024
Studies are beginning to corroborate anecdotes, for example, that DMT could treat cluster headaches, one of the most painful conditions known to humankind.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
Several underlying conditions, such as migraine, cluster headaches, and infections, can cause pain on one side of your head.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 25 July 2024
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“Cluster headache.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cluster%20headache. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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