Sumatriptan relieves and prevents peri‐operative migraine attacks

Summary The novel use of sumatriptan as an adjunct to the management of general anaesthesia in patients with a historv of migraine is described. In two unpremedicated patients awaiting day surgery an acute pre‐operative attack of migraine was successfully terminated by the injection of sumatriptan,...

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Published in:Anaesthesia 1993-02, Vol.48 (2), p.144-146
Main Author: HANNINGTON‐KIFF, J. G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anaesthesia
Anesthesia, General
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiovascular system
Complications
Female
Humans
Indoles - therapeutic use
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
migraine
Migraine Disorders - prevention & control
Pharmacology
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Postoperative Complications - prevention & control
Preoperative Care
Serotonin Receptor Agonists - therapeutic use
Sulfonamides - therapeutic use
Sumatriptan
Vasodilator agents. Cerebral vasodilators
vomiting
Vomiting - prevention & control
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Summary:Summary The novel use of sumatriptan as an adjunct to the management of general anaesthesia in patients with a historv of migraine is described. In two unpremedicated patients awaiting day surgery an acute pre‐operative attack of migraine was successfully terminated by the injection of sumatriptan, allowing surgery to proceed uneventfully under general anaesthesia without postoperative complications. Two other patients with a history of severe habitual vomiting after general anaesthesia, who also had a history of migraine, were each given a prophylactic injection of sumatriptan after induction of anaesthesia and for the first time emerged from general anaesthesia free of these distressing complications.
ISSN:0003-2409
1365-2044
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2044.1993.tb06855.x