Effect of Metoclopramide Versus Sumatriptan for Emergency Department Treatment of Migraine Headache

Exclusion Criteria

• •fever or neck stiffness,
• •altered mental state,
• •pregnancy,
• •recent trauma or seizure (within 24 hours),
• •focal neurological abnormality on physical examination,
• •allergy to metoclopramide,
• •hypertension,
• •cardiovascular diseases.
• •Also if the patients had taken a triptan or ergot during the last 24 hours were excluded from the study.