Suspension of Short‐lasting, Unilateral, Neuralgiform headache attacks with Conjunctival injection and Tearing (SUNCT) symptoms with ayahuasca and serotonergic psychedelics
Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain May 1, 2024 Jonathan A. Leighton, Cyril Petignat, Brian E. Mcgeeney 2 citations
Plain Language Summary A suicidal patient with Short‐lasting Unilateral Neuralgiform headache attacks with Conjunctival injection and Tearing (SUNCT) whose excruciating condition did not respond to various treatments discovered that ayahuasca, a psychoactive concoction used by indigenous populations of South America, caused his attacks to cease entirely. Inhaled N , N ‐dimethyltryptamine (DMT),...