Acute treatment of pediatric headache in the emergency department and inpatient settings.

Migraine headache can be debilitating. If initiated early, aggressive management may prevent severe disability and failure at school. It must be noted that treatments available for use for acute migraine headache in children and adolescents are off-label. Their use is widespread, but double-blind, placebo-controlled studies are still unavailable for this age group.

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