Metoclopramide Versus Ketorolac for Tension-type Headache

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2012-11-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Occasionally, episodic tension-type headache may be severe enough to require an emergency department (ED) visit. The purpose of this study is to compare two commonly used medications to see which is better for tension type headache. Patients who present to the ED with an acute tension-type headache requiring treatment with injectable medication will be randomized to metoclopramide or ketorolac.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Montefiore Medical Center
• Treatments: Diphenhydramine; Ketorolac; Ketorolac Tromethamine; Metoclopramide; Promethazine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Acute tension type headache

Exclusion Criteria:

• Contraindications to investigational medications

• Secondary cause of headache