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Study aim
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Determining and comparing the effectiveness of sumatriptan, morphine and ketorolac in the treatment of acute migraine attacks
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Design
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A double-blind clinical trial that has 3 parallel intervention groups. The method of data randomization is also simple randomization using a random number table (the patient and the researcher will be blind to patient grouping).
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Settings and conduct
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Patients in the emergency room of Imam Khomeini Hospital will receive Sumatriptan at a dose of 6 mg, Ketorolac at a dose of 30 mg and morphine at a dose of 5 mg. Patients will be monitored while receiving medication with a pulse oximeter. All patients will complete the questionnaire. Patients and researchers are blinded.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria: age over 18 years, history of migraine more than one year, the experience of 2-10 migraine attacks per month, if the patient is taking a migraine prevention medication, they have not changed it for at least the last three months.
Exclusion criteria: Patients who are allergic to the study medications; contraindications to the use of these drugs such as basilar migraine and hemiplegic, cerebrovascular and cardiovascular diseases, uncontrolled blood pressure, taking ergotamine or monoamine oxidase inhibitors, triptans and other serotonin agonists; chronic painful diseases other than migraine, blood dyscrasias, chronic liver, kidney, and lung failure, drug addiction, pregnancy, type 1 and 2 diabetes, lack of recovery and the need to take other medications.
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Intervention groups
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3 groups, each one will receive one of the drugs sumatriptan, morphine or ketorolac
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Main outcome variables
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Headache; quality of life