Relief of posttraumatic headache by intravenous chlorpromazine.
We report the case of an 18-year-old male with a vascular-type headache occurring 3 days after a minor closed-head injury. The headache resolved completely, without recurrence, with a single dose of intravenous chlorpromazine. This case and the few others reported in the literature illustrate that the response of a headache to antimigraine therapy cannot be relied upon to diagnose or confirm a diagnosis of migraine headache, or to rule out other intracranial pathology.
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Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002746:Chlorpromazine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016489:Head Injuries, Closed / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014653:Vascular Headaches / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology
D002746:Chlorpromazine