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Article: Child migraine guidelines decry lack of research; given the prevalence of migraine in children, 'there is a disappointing lack of evidence.'.(Clinical Rounds)
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- Family Practice News
- Article date:
- February 15, 2005
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When it comes to drug therapy for migraines, don't treat children like little adults.
There are currently no agents approved by the FDA for the acute treatment of migraine in children or adolescents. New practice guidelines developed by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) support the use of conventional analgesic medications, such as ibuprofen and acetaminophen, for acute migraine pain in children aged 6 years and older but do not recommend most of the newer drugs being used to prevent and treat adult migraine pain.
One exception is sumatriptan nasal spray (Imitrex), which the guidelines recommend for treating migraine pain in children older than 12 ...