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Ketorolac in Acute Headache Management
Author(s) -
Harden R. Norman,
Carter Timothy D.,
Gilman Charles S.,
Gross Alan J.,
Peters John R.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1991.hed3107463.x
Subject(s) - ketorolac tromethamine , ketorolac , medicine , emergency department , anesthesia , analgesic , psychiatry
SYNOPSIS Twelve patients presenting to an emergency department in headache crisis were treated with Ketorolac tromethamine 60 mg. intramuscularly. All improved sufficiently to require no further emergent treatment. There was statistically significant improvement on all segments of the short form McGill Pain Questionnaire. This open label trial suggests that Ketorolac Tromethamine may be a useful agent in the treatment of heed‐ache crisis, and a controlled study to examine this is warranted.