Would you consider DHE for patients with status migrainous with elevated blood pressure at the time of presentation?
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Neurology · Greater Boston Headache Center at Boston Advanced Medicine
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No, I would not. DHE is a very potent and non-selective arterial vasoconstrictor and would potentially further increase elevated blood pressure. When a patient who presents with a headache is found to have elevated blood pressure, it should be assumed that the elevated blood pressure is the cause of...
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