IV Dexamethasone for Acute Migraine

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-21-12-5

IV Dexamethasone for Acute Migraine

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 21 (2007): Issue 12

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Dec 2007

Abstract

A randomized trial of dexamethasone 10 mg IV in 205 adult patients presenting with acute migraine to an emergency department (ED) found 25% of those with acute migrainebecame pain-free for at least 24 hours compared to 19% of those given placebo (p=0.34).

References

Friedman BW Greenwald P Bania TC Esses D Hochberg M Solorzano C Randomized trial of IV dexamethasone for acute migraine in the emergency department Neurology 2007 Nov 27 69 22 2038 2044 10.1212/01.wnl.0000281105.78936.1d 17942818
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Becker WJ Kryscio RJ Treatment of migraine: a headache for the emergency department Neurology 2007 Nov 69 22 2034 2035 10.1212/01.wnl.0000280466.67700.29 18040009
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Articles in this issue

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-21-12-5 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 92 - 93

Published on: Dec 1, 2007

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Dexamethasone,

Metoclopramide,

Diphenhydramine

© 2007 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 21 (2007): Issue 12