Prochlorperazine vs Imitrex for Acute Migraine in the Emergency Department

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2007-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

ED patients with acute migraine will be randomized to either prochlorperazine and Bendaryl OR imitrex. VAS for pain will be monitored, along with side effects. Primary outcome measure is improvement in pain scales between the groups.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: United States Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth
• Treatments: Diphenhydramine; Prochlorperazine; Promethazine; Sumatriptan

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Acute migraine headache

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant

• Hypertension

• Chest pain

• < 18

• Allergy to any of the meds