RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 BET 2: Caffeine as an analgesic adjunct in tension-type headache and migraine
JF Emergency Medicine Journal
JO Emerg Med J
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
SP 655
OP 656
DO 10.1136/emermed-2021-211807.3
VO 38
IS 8
A1 Jack Whiting
A1 Peter Kilgour
YR 2021
UL http://emj.bmj.com/content/38/8/655.abstract
AB A short-cut review of the literature was carried out to examine the benefits of caffeine as an analgesic adjunct in tension-type and migraine-type headache. Six papers were identified as suitable for inclusion using the reported search strategy. The author, date and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevant outcomes, results and study weaknesses of the best papers are tabulated. It is concluded that caffeine provides effective analgesia as an adjunctive treatment in the management of secondary headache syndromes.