Subcutaneous sumatriptan relieved migraine-like headache in two adolescents with aseptic meningitis.
Sumatriptan was developed as an agent for the treatment of acute migraine. However, sumatriptan may alleviate not only migraine headache, but also headache of subarachnoid hemorrhage and meningitis. We report 2 patients whose migraine-like headache on presentation was relieved by subcutaneous sumatriptan. Later, both patients were diagnosed with aseptic meningitis.
Department of Pediatrics, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, Bronx, New York, USA.
Sergey
S
Prokhorov
Shefali
S
Khanna
Deepthy
D
Alapati
Sai Lakshmi
SL
Pallimalli
D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008582:Meningitis, Aseptic / Q000150:complications; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D018170:Sumatriptan / Q000008:administration & dosage*
D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists; D018170:Sumatriptan