Randomized Trial Comparing Low- vs High-Dose IV Dexamethasone for Patients With Moderate to Severe Migraine.

Benjamin W FriedmanClemencia SolorzanoBenjamin D KesslerKristina MartorelloCarlo L LutzCarmen FelicianoNicole AdlerHillary MossDarnell CainEddie Irizarry

Published in: Neurology (2023)

This study provides Class 1 evidence that 16mg of IV dexamethasone is unlikely to provide greater rates of sustained headache relief than 4mg of IV dexamethasone among patients in the ED with migraine treated concurrently with IV metoclopramide.

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