Rescue Treatment for Migraine Headache in Emergency Department Part 1 : Diagnosis , General Management , and Role of Dopamine Antagonists and NSAIDs

Migraine is a common recurrent neurological disorder with a high impact and is debilitating. Approximately 14.7% of the global population has migraine (an estimated 6% in men and up to 18% in women). A recent report ranked migraine headache as the third most common disease in the world (behind dental caries and tension type headache). On the basis of migraine attack disability alone, migraine was ranked seventh highest among

If one or more of the SNOOP4 features are present, the diagnostic tests including neuroimaging (computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging), lumbar puncture, and blood tests may be considered. 7graine is diagnosed by clinical criteria provided 3 rd 8 Migraine headache is characterized by unilateral location, pulsating quality, moderate to severe intensity, aggravated by routine physical activity, and accompanied by photophobia (sensitivity to light) and phonophobia (sensitivity to sound) or nausea and/or vomiting.
The accurate diagnosis of headache can be troublesome at the ED due to the severity of the migraine attack, the associated symptoms especially nausea and/or vomiting that might require emergency treatment, and also because administered migraine screener (ID-Migraine), consisting of questions on disability, nausea, and photophobia, is a valid and reliable screening instrument for migraine headaches in the primary care setting.The test outcome is positive when the answer is "yes" for at least two out of the three questions.(Table 2) The study role of ID-Migraine in emergency departments showed that the ID-Migraine exhibited a high sensitivity 10 A negative ID Migraine score, less than 2 positive responses, 23%. 11

Management for acute migraine in the emergency room
The patient should be assessed for volume depletion occurs in approximately 70% of migraineurs.In those who experienced nausea or vomiting, 30.5-42.2% indicated that it interfered with their ability to take their oral migraine medication. 12,13seful for rehydration and in avoiding postural hypotension associated with dopamine antagonist treatment and provides some degree of renal protection if non-steroidal 14,15 A quiet, darkened and comfortable area in ED can provide Dopamine plays an important role in migraine pathogenesis probably by acting on central pain control pathways and on cranial blood vessels. 16 The dopamine the migraine attack and the levels correlate with the severity of pain.Dopamine antagonists are very useful in rescue treatment of migraine and appear to be equivalent to the ergotamine) in migraine pain relief. 20There are 2 major subclasses of neuroleptics, the phenothiazines group (e.g., prochlorperazine, chlorpromazine, promethazine, and methotrimeprazine) and the butyrophenones group (droperidol and haloperidol).Metoclopramide is in its own third class.The phenothiazines, chlorpromazine and prochlorperazine, were commonly used in ED.Thirteen trials showed that phenothiazines were markedly more success, but not different for headache relief.The clinical 21 Neuroleptics act on the postsynaptic dopamine D2 receptor in the hypothalamus, limbic system, periaqueductal grey, and basal ganglia.Neuroleptics also have anticholinergic, antiadrenergic, anti-serotonergic and antihistaminergic effects.The most common side effects of neuroleptics are sedation and drowsiness due to blockage of muscarinic cholinergic and histamine receptors.Extrapyramidal side effects dystonia and akathisia are commonly seen in parenteral form and more often with prochlorperazine.Dystonia and akathisia can be prevented by premedication with anticholinergic agents (e.g., benztropine, diphenantagonist effects, postural hypotension can occur but is infrequently reported in phenothiazine.Neuroleptic malignant syndrome, which is characterized by fever, rigidity, confusion, and autonomic function instability, is a rare side effect.Droperidol and haloperidol can cause QT interval prolongation that increases risk of fatal ventricular arrhythmias and cardiac arrest. 21everal randomized controlled trials and head-to-head migraine. 20Pool clinical analysis showed the success rate of acute migraine treatment is 81% for chlorpromazine 23 In a randomized controlled trial in an emergency room setting, chlorpromazine at dose 0.1 pain score compared with placebo in 128 migraineurs.Pain free at 1 hour for migraine with aura (66.7% in chlorpromazine group vs. 6.7% in placebo; p < 0.01) and migraine without aura (63.2% vs. 10%; p < 0.01). 24n comparison trials, pain reduction (VAS) was greater for chlorpromazine 0.1mg/kg IV (up to 3 doses) than meperidine 0.4 mg/kg IV plus diphenhydramine 25mg (VAS -70.6 vs. -44.5;p < 0.05). 25 1.One or a few migraine attacks may be dif cult to distinguish from symptomatic migraine-like attacks.Furthermore, the nature of a single or a few attacks may be dif cult to understand.Therefore, at least ve attacks are required.Individuals who otherwise meet criteria for 1.1 Migraine without aura but have had fewer than ve attacks, should be coded 1.5.1 'Probable migraine without aura'.
2. When the patient falls asleep during a migraine attack and wakes up without it, duration of the attack is reckoned until the time of waking.
3. In children and adolescents (aged under 18 years), attacks may last 2-72 hours (the evidence for untreated durations of less than 2 hours in children has not been substantiated).
Diagnostic criteria: A. At least two attacks ful lling criteria B and C B. One or more of the following fully reversible aura symptoms: 1. visual 2. Sensory 3. speech and/or language 4. motor 5. brainstem 6. retinal C. At least two of the following four characteristics: 1. at least one aura symptom spreads gradually over 5 minutes, and/or two or more symptoms occur in succession 2. each individual aura symptom lasts 5-60 minutes1 3. at least one aura symptom is unilateral2 4. the aura is accompanied, or followed within 60 minutes, by headache D.Not better accounted for by another ICHD-3 diagnosis, and transient ischemic attack has been excluded.

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1. When, for example, three symptoms occur during an aura, the acceptable maximal duration is 3x60 minutes.Motor symptoms may last up to 72 hours.
2. Aphasia is always regarded as a unilateral symptom; dysarthria may or may not be.with lidocaine 50mg IV (could be repeated up to 150 be repeated once).Pain reduction (11 PPS) was greater p < 0.05). 26Chlorpromazine 12.5 mg IV (could be repeated up to 37.5mg) was compared with sumatriptan SQ 6mg.At 2 hours, there was no difference in pain reduction (VAS) (chlorpromazine -54.3 mm vs. sumatriptan -63.3 mm). 27etoclopramide is widely available, inexpensive, and commonly used for the treatment of nausea, vomiting, and gastroparesis.In addition to dopamine antagonists, metoclopramide also has serotonin antagonist effect.congestive heart failure and liver disease), lower seizure threshold, mild sedation and extrapyramidal side effects.Meta-analysis from 13 randomized controlled trials for parenteral metoclopramide in acute migraine showed metoclopramide is an effective treatment for migraine headache in adults and should be considered as a primary agent in the treatment of acute migraine in emergency departments. 28Metoclopramide 10mg IV showed superior to placebo in three studies for all outcomes related to pain and nausea.Pooled data from three studies showed that 28 Metoclopramide was more effective than placebo in reducing nausea in four studies.
Three studies compared metoclopramide with other neuroleptics (chlorpromazine and prochlorperazine). 30,33,34hese studies suggested that metoclopramide was less effective in relieving pain and nausea than phenothiazine.Pooled results from all three studies showed that patients who received metoclopramide were more likely to require 28 In comparison to non-emetics, metoclopramide 10mg IV was similar in pain reduction to metoclopramide plus ibuprofen 600 mg PO (VAS -75 vs. -50) but VAS reduction was larger than ibuprofen alone or placebo.Patients in the metoclorescue drugs. 31Metoclopramide 10mg IV was compared with magnesium 2g IV and with placebo.Pain reduction was similar in three groups but in metoclopramide and magnesium groups the requirement of rescue medications was less than in placebo (38% and 44% vs. 65% in placebo; p = 0.04). 34Metoclopramide 20mg IV plus diphenhydramine 25mg IV (dose up to 4 times) was found to be superior to sumatriptan 6mg SQ as a percentage of not for 1 hour (p = 0.22) and 24 hours (p = 0.23). 36ial of 356 patients, intravenous metoclopramide 10mg p = vs.20% vs. 21%).The most common adverse event was similar rates across doses. 37inly by blocking D2 dopamine receptor with some in 500 mL normal saline (NSS) IV was compared with placebo NSS 500 mL IV.Pain reduction (VAS) was greater with haloperidol (from 7.7 to 2.3; p < 0.0001) compared to placebo (from 7.2 to 6.3; p < 0.01).Eighty percent who received haloperidol felt marked relief from pain, whereas only 15% responded to placebo (p < 0.0001).The common side effects were motor agitation (akathisia) in 53% and drowsiness in 53%.Sixteen percent of the patients considered the side effects intolerable and were unwilling to be treated with haloperidol in the future. 38Due to black box warnings for prolonged QTc, together with high incidence of sedation and akathisia, haloperidol should be reserved for use only when other rescue medications failed to relieve headache.Electrocardiogram (ECG) should be done before and after treatment.Pretreatment with IV fluid and an anticholinergic (benztropine, trihexyphenidyl, diphenhydramine or benzodiazepine) are recommended. 20AIDs inhibit both cyclooxygenase-1 (COX1) and cascade and thereby prostaglandin synthesis, and platelet aggregation associated with the release of vasoactive agents that are involved in initiation and prolongation of migraine.
-Ketorolac is a NSAID with strong analgesic activity.Ketorolac attenuates moderate to severe pain especially in patients with migraine headache and is usually as effective as an opioid.The analgesic effect of ketorolac tends to be slower in onset than that of morphine or meperidine but persists longer. 40Most adverse events involve the gastrointestinal tract (GI), ranging from mild upset to ulceration and hemorrhage.Overall, parenteral ketorolac is associated with only a slightly increased risk of GI or operative site bleeding compared to opioids (OR 1.30 and 1.02, respectively).The risk of bleeding is strongly linked to increased age, high dosage and treatment for more than 5 days. 41All NSAIDs have the potential to cause nephropathies, but these occur more frequently in patients with hypovolemia or patients with hemodynamic compromise. 42

Rescue Treatment for Migraine Headache in Emergency Department Part 1: Diagnosis, General Management, and Role of Dopamine Antagonists and NSAIDs
The total daily dosage of parenteral ketorolac should renal impairment or body weight < 50kg.Ketorolac is contraindicated in patients with congestive heart failure, hepatic impairment, hypertension or conditions that may lead to a reduction in blood volume and in those who are hypersensitive to NSAIDs.Ketorolac should not be co-administered with other NSAIDs, probenecid, pentoxifylline or lithium and should be administered cautiously to patients on anticoagulation therapy (including low dose heparin). 40 is used in up to 16% of ED visits for migraine.43 The of migraine.A recent systematic review which included 8 RCTs (321 patients) examined the effectiveness of ketorolac in acute migraine and suggested ketorolac is associated with pain reduction in adult migraine attack patients.44 to meperidine (50-100 mg IM) in pain score reduction at 60 minutes (weight mean difference (WMD) 0.44; p = 0.35). Du to risk of abuse and addiction associated with meperidine, ketorolac is a migraine who were treated with narcotic agents showed an increased likelihood to return to the ED within 7 days.45 A single study demonstrated that ketorolac IV 30mg 46 Ketorolac has not been compared with other more effective routes patients have often used triptans as an abortive agent before ED arrival.Two studies compared IV ketorolac with IV phenothiazines (prochlorperazine and chlorpromazine).The pool analysis found no statistical difference in geneity was high, trends may suggest phenothiazines are more effective.47,48 -Parecoxib is a cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) specific inhibitor widely used for acute pain in ED.In animal protein extravasation (PPE) in rat dura mater and reduced expression of c-fos within the ipsilateral trigeminal nucleus correlated with migraine pathophysiology.Only one nous parecoxib, oral fast-dissolving tablet of rizatriptan, and subcutaneous injection of sumatriptan in patients with acute migraine.Using the visual analog scale for pain intensity at baseline before and then after the drug intake at intervals of 20, 30, 60, and 120 minutes, rizatriptan 10mg 6mg, and parecoxib was more effective than sumatriptan at 20 and 30 minutes after drug administration. 50pioids have long been used to treat various types of pain include headache.Parenteral opioids are very frequently used in the ED setting, for example for more than 50% of all migraine visits to EDs in US and in Canada.51,52 Opioids can modulate nociceptive input to the spinal trigeminal nucleus (nucleus caudalis) but they have no effect on neurovascular inflammation in migraine pathophysiology.53 A large US population-based study demonstrated that opioid use is common for the acute treatment of migraine.Approximately 30% of the popucurrently using opioids.Around 16% of current opioid users were dependent.Opioid use for migraine is associated with more severe headache-related disability, symptomology, comorbidities (depression, anxiety, and cardiovascular disease), and greater health-care resource utilization for headache.54 The major concern about the use of opioids in acute migraine attack regards the possible association with an increased risk of medication overuse of short-acting opioids may be associated with worsening based and population-based longitudinal studies support an association between CM and opioids use.55 In the American Migraine Prevalence and Prevention (AMPP) study, the risk of CM is higher for opioids use (with an OR = 1.48).Critical level of exposure is around 8 days per month, and the effect is more evident in men (OR = 2.76) than in women (OR = 1.28).56 occur with even brief durations of narcotic treatment.Of patients who were exposed to opioids, their pain thresholds declined, and their pain sensitivity, pain location, and pain intensity increased to any stimulus.The phenomenon doses of opioids, but the basic pathophysiology is different from tolerance.57 cholecystokinin up-regulation in the rostral ventromedial medulla (RVM), peripheral expression of calcitonin-gene related peptide (CGRP) in primary afferent neurons is up-regulated, there is an increase in dynorphin, proreceptors, and activation of glia cell via the toll-like neuroexcitatory substances.58 Opioids are pro-nociceptive, prevent reversal of migraine central sensitization, and interfere with triptan effectiveness. Adse effects of opioids include sedation, respiratory depression, bradycardia and hypotension, seizure, in addition to long term dependence.
-Meperidine is the opioid most frequently used and most studied for headache treatment in ED. 60 In a meta-Vongvaivanich K less pyramidal side effects than antiemetics, and similar ketorolac. 61review of 75 studies of rescue therapy for acute migraine found opioids (meperidine, tramadol, and nalbuphine) were superior to placebo in relieving migraine pain, although meperidine combined with promethazine was not.Meperidine 75mg was superior to ketorolac 30 mg IM but was similar to ketorolac 60mg IM even when combined with an antihistamine.Meperidine 75mg IM or 62 -Tramadol hydrogen chloride is an atypical opioid that has relatively weak mu opioid receptor binding properties and also inhibits serotonin and norepinephrine re-uptake.Tramadol is better tolerated than other opioids because of its low impact on the respiratory, cardiac, and gastrointestinal systems at therapeutic doses. 63Tramadol 100mg IV was compared with placebo (NSS) IV.Pain reduction (VAS) at 1 hour was greater in the tramadol group (70.6% vs. 35.3%,p=0.04) but the percent pain free at 1 hour was not p=0.40).Side effects were not observed at 1 hour. 64In the prospective, randomized, double-blind study, tramadol 100 mg IM was compared with diclofenac sodium 75mg IM; headache relief was the same in both groups (80%). 65

Conclusion
Migraine is a common disabling disorder.Migraine attacks with moderate to severe pain and other debilitating associated symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, photophobia, and phonophobia that lead to emergency room visits.Detailed history taking, physical examination, and appropriate diagnostic tools should rule out secondary headache.The mnemonic "SNOOP4" is a useful for recognizing secondary causes of headache.ID-migraine, the short 3 item questionnaire, is recommended as a can be useful in patients with nausea and vomiting, and to prevent postural hypotension in patients who will be administered a dopamine antagonist.Dopamine antagonists (chlorpromazine and metoclopramide) are very effective in rescue migraine treatment.Effective doses of chlorpromazine in migraine ranged from 0.1mg/kg to 37.5mg administered intravenously or in pain relief was up to 80%.Metoclopramide 10mg IV had an average pain relief of 70%.The most common adverse effects of dopamine antagonists were drowsiness, postural hypotension, and akathisia.Dopamine antagmigraine attack in ED.
Ketorolac, the parenteral NSAID, should be considered a second line rescue treatment in ED.The recommended ketorolac dose is 30mg IV or 60mg IM.Average percentages of pain relief of ketorolac are 60% for ketorolac 30mg IV and 37% for ketorolac 60mg IM.Ketorolac and meperidine had similar pain scores at 60 minutes and ketorolac was not different from phenothiazines in pain relief at 60 minutes.Adverse effects were risk of GI bleeding and nephropathies that increased with age, high dosages, and prolonged use for more than 5 days. of meperidine 75mg IM is similar to ketorolac 60mg IM meperidine is 58%.Tramadol 100mg IM had similar included sedation, dizziness, GI discomfort, nausea and vomiting, and akathisia (less than neuroleptics).Opioids are not recommended for rescue migraine treatment due to a high rate of headache recurrence, increased risk of medication overuse, chronic migraine transformation, opioid-induced hyperalgesia, central sensitization, nausea and dizziness, and raised concerns for overuse and abuse.

Rescue Treatment for Migraine Headache in Emergency Department Part 1: Diagnosis, General Management, and Role of Dopamine Antagonists and NSAIDs
D. During headache at least one of the following:1.nauseaand/orvomiting 2. photophobia and phonophobiaE.Not accounted for by another ICHD-3 diagnosisNote:

Table 1 :
The International Classi cation of Headache Disorders, 3 rd edition (beta version) for migraine without aura and migraine with aura.
Your headaches limited your ability to work, study or do what you needed to do for at least one day.( ) Yes ( ) No