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[Treatment of acute attack of migraine with sumatriptan]
L E González-Espinosa1, N Gómez-Viera, I Olivera-Leal
1Servicio de Neurología, Hospital C.Q. Hermanos Ameijeiras, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba.
Introduction And Material:
In the Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Hermanos Almeijeiras a randomized double blind clinical trial was carried out involving 52 patients who presented with painful migraine crises with or without prodromes. A group of 27 patients were given 6 mg of sumatriptan subcutaneously. Another group of 25 patients were given 1 mg of dihydroergotamine intramuscularly. It was seen that both drugs relieved the migrainous pain. However, sumatriptan did so in a greater percentage of patients.
Results And Conclusions:
There was earlier, and also more complete, relief of pain in those patients receiving sumatriptan. With regard to side-effects of sumatriptan were pain at the back of the site of injection, sensation of pressure at the back of the neck, facial flushing and asthenia.