[Essential headache as an equivalent to a withdrawal syndrome: experience with naloxone]

Boll Soc Ital Biol Sper. 1983 Sep 30;59(9):1272-7.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

The Authors, starting with the hypothesis that could exist a correlation between the opiate withdrawal and the migraine crisis, used the naloxone, opiate pure antagonist, in order to induced the migraine crisis. 30 patients affected by migraine were studied; naloxone was administered acutely (2 mg e.v.) during the asintomatic period. The naloxone administration never caused the migraine crisis. The patients didn't complain variations regarding the psycho-physical status or the monitored clinical parameters.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Migraine Disorders / chemically induced*
  • Migraine Disorders / etiology
  • Naloxone*
  • Narcotics
  • Substance Withdrawal Syndrome*

Substances

  • Narcotics
  • Naloxone