Conditions: Headache
Keywords: headache tension-type headache
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 123
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
Occasionally, episodic tension-type headache may be severe enough to require an emergency department (ED) visit. The purpose of this study is to compare two commonly used medications to see which is better for tension type headache. Patients who present to the ED with an acute tension-type headache requiring treatment with injectable medication will be randomized to metoclopramide or ketorolac.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Ketorolac 30mg IVSS arm 2: metoclopramide 20mg IVSS + diphenhydramine 25mg IVSS

Interventions: intervention 1: Metoclopramide intervention 2: Ketorolac
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: metoclopramide 20mg IVSS + diphenhydramine 25mg IVSS intervention 2: ketorolac 30mg IVSS

Protocol document: