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Indomethacin/prochlorperazine/caffeine: a review of its use in the acute treatment of migraine and in the treatment of episodic tension-type headache.

Author(s): Hoy SM, Scott LJ

Affiliation(s): Adis, a Wolters Kluwer Business, Auckland, New Zealand. demail@adis.co.nz

Publication date & source: 2011-04-01, CNS Drugs., 25(4):343-58.

Publication type: Review

The indomethacin/prochlorperazine/caffeine fixed combination (Difmetre(R)) combines the NSAID indomethacin with the phenothiazine antiemetic prochlorperazine and caffeine. It is currently available as two oral (effervescent tablet and coated tablet) and two rectal (suppository and low-dose suppository) formulations. Oral and rectal formulations of indomethacin/prochlorperazine/caffeine were effective and generally well tolerated in the treatment of migraine and episodic tension-type headache (TTH) in adult patients participating in randomized, multicentre, active-comparator controlled studies. For the most part, the efficacy of oral indomethacin/prochlorperazine/caffeine did not significantly differ from that of oral sumatriptan in patients with migraine and oral nimesulide in patients with episodic TTH. With rectal administration, indomethacin/prochlorperazine/caffeine was, in general, significantly more effective than sumatriptan in patients with migraine. Thus, oral and rectal formulations of indomethacin/prochlorperazine/caffeine provide a further option in the acute treatment of migraine and in the treatment of episodic TTH in adult patients.

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