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Article
Narcotic analgesics for acute migraine in the emergency room: are we meeting headache societies' guidelines?
The Journal of Headache and Pain
Publication Date
12-1-2006
Document Type
Report
Disciplines
Abstract
We analysed 161 patients with acute migraine in our emergency room (ER) to identify the use of narcotic analgesics as first-line treatment. Twenty-four percent of patients were treated with opioid analgesics and 76% patients were treated with non-opioid analgesics. Pain was completely relieved in 100 (62%) patients, partially relieved in 50 (31%) patients and was not relieved in 11 (7%) patients at the time of discharge. Pain relief was not related to the use of opioids vs. non-opioids. The treatment of acute migraine in our ER is in line with the guidelines of the Headache Societies and needs further improvement.
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Citation Information
Mohammad Wasay, Khawaja Slaman Zaki, Saqib Uddin Khan and Rifat Rehmani. "Narcotic analgesics for acute migraine in the emergency room: are we meeting headache societies' guidelines?" The Journal of Headache and Pain Vol. 7 Iss. 6 (2006) p. 413 - 415 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mohammad_wasay/160/