title: Prochlorperazine--treatment for acute confusional migraine.
abstract: Acute confusional migraine is a rare migraine variant primarily seen in childhood that lacks standardized diagnostic criteria. Acute symptomatic treatment for this disorder has not been established. We report 2 patients having a total of 6 episodes of acute confusional migraine where the symptoms resolved with prochlorperazine with variable success. Intravenous prochlorperazine was highly effective in 3 out of 4 episodes.
authors.affiliation: University of Cincinnati-Department of Neurology, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Khatri
authors.forename: Andrew D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Hershey
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011346:Prochlorperazine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D011346:Prochlorperazine