Metoclopramide for Post-Traumatic Headache. A Pilot Study

Inclusion Criteria:

- Traumatic injury to the head has occurred

- Headache has developed within 7 days of injury to the head

- Headache is not better accounted for by another diagnosis (eg, previous history of
migraine or tension-type headache)

- The headache must be rated as moderate or severe in intensity at the time of initial
evaluation.

- The plan of the attending emergency physician must include treatment with parenteral
metoclopramide.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients will be excluded if more than ten days have elapsed since the head trauma, if
the headache has already been treated with an anti-dopaminergic medication, or for
medication contra-indications including pheochromocytoma, seizure disorder,
Parkinson's disease, use of monoamine oxidase inhibitors, and use of anti-rejection
transplant medications. Patients will not be excluded for pregnancy or breast-feeding.