Ondansetron for Acute Migraine in the Pediatric Emergency Department

Migraines are a common illness presenting to pediatric emergency departments (PED). Significant research has been devoted towards establishing treatment regimens for treating migraines. Much of this research involves antidopaminergic antiemetics such as prochlorperazine and metoclopramide. Despite a comparably more favorable side effect profile, no research has been directed towards examining ondansetron, a selective type three 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor antagonist, in the treatment of migraines.
Source: Pediatric Neurology - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Research Paper Source Type: research