Methods for treating headache

Abstract

A headache can be treated more effectively by co-administration of a botulinum toxin and a triptan drug to a patient and/or the effectiveness of a triptan medication can be increased. The botulinum toxin can be botulinum toxin type A and the botulinum toxin can be administered to or to the vicinity of where a patient experiences or is predisposed to experience pain or a headache.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A method for treating a chronic headache in a patient in need thereof, the method comprising local administration by injection of a composition comprising a botulinum toxin type A, albumin and sodium chloride reconstituted in saline or water as a diluent, wherein the number of injection sites is 23 to 58, the number of muscle areas injected is 6 to 7 and the botulinum toxin type A dose is 105 to 260 units, and wherein at least the frontal/glabellar, occipitalis, temporalis, semispinalis, splenius capitis and trapezius muscles are injected.