Efficacy of intravenous Dexamethasone in treatment of acute migraine headache: A randomized clinical trial running title
Publish place: Iranian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology، Vol: 19، Issue: 50
Publish Year: 1387
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Introduction: Migraine is characterized by unilateral and pulsatile headache with or without aura. There are various treatments of migraine attack. One of them is intravenous (IV) Corticosteroids which is used in status migrainous. The aim of this study is comparison of the efficacy of I.V Dexamethasone with intramuscular (I.M) Methadone in improvement of migraine attacks. Materials and Methods: This study was a controlled double- blind randomized clinical trial on all patients whom referred to emergency room with diagnosis of migraine attack. The patients were randomized in four groups. Groups I and II received intravenous ۸ mg Dexamethasone, while groups III and IV received intramuscular ۱۰ mg Methadone. Thereafter all of them were evaluated after ۲, ۴ and ۶ hours.Results: One-hundred and eighty one patients were evaluated; ۱۰۷ patients were treated with IV Dexamethasone and ۷۴ patients with IM Methadone. One-hundred and three of ۱۰۷ patients (۹۶.۲%) had complete or significant improvement whereas ۶۳ of ۷۴ patients (۸۵%) whom received IM Methadone had similar improvement (P= ۰.۰۱). Conclusion: Our study showed that treatment of acute migraine headache by using intravenous Dexamethasone is more effective than Methadone.
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Mohhsen Foroughipour
Associate Professor of Neurology, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Peyman Petramfar
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Morteza Saeidi
Department of Neurology Ghaem Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences.
Mohammad ali Akbarnezhad
Assistant Professor of Neurology, ۵Faculty Member, MS Biostatistics- Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Saeid Ebrahimzadeh
Assistant Professor of Neurology, ۵Faculty Member, MS Biostatistics- Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
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