Effect of Metoclopramide Versus Sumatriptan for Emergency Department Treatment of Migraine Headache

Study of Effects of Metoclopramide Versus Sumatriptan on Migraine Headache

The purpose of this study is to determine which drug makes lower migraine headache

There are different options to manage benign headache in emergency department.The investigators compared Intravenous metoclopramide with Subcutaneous sumatriptan to relieve pain in emergency department.

Inclusion Criteria:

• 20-60 years old and presented with acute headache similar to previous episodes,
• with or without phonophobia,
• photophobia,
• vomiting or nausea.

Exclusion Criteria:

• fever or neck stiffness,
• altered mental state,
• pregnancy,
• recent trauma or seizure (within 24 hours),
• focal neurological abnormality on physical examination,
• allergy to metoclopramide,
• hypertension,
• cardiovascular diseases.

Also if the patients had taken a triptan or ergot during the last 24 hours were excluded from the study.