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Sublingual piroxicam in migraine without aura.

Author(s): Ravishankar K, Tayade H, Mandlik R

Affiliation(s): 'The Headache and Migraine Clinic', Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, 15, G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400026, India.

Publication date & source: 2011-08, J Assoc Physicians India., 59:494-7.

Publication type: Randomized Controlled Trial

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to compare the analgesic efficacy of a single dose of sublingual piroxicam to that of a placebo during acute attacks of migraine without aura. METHODS: The drug (N = 30) or a placebo (N = 30) was administered, on randomisation and double-blind basis, to 60 patients between 18 and 50 years of age suffering from migraine without aura. The patients were instructed to take a single tablet sublingually [corresponding to piroxicam 40 mg or placebo] and the severity of the painful symptomatology and associated symptoms were evaluated by this study. RESULTS: The patients treated with sublingual piroxicam showed a significant (P < 0.05) decrease in pain intensity 15 minutes after ingestion; they went on to show a further reduction in the 24 hours after drug administration. On the contrary, the group treated with placebo showed a significant reduction of symptoms only after seven hours of observation. Associated symptoms disappeared significantly (P < 0.05) after sublingual piroxicam administration. In 83.3%, the drug resulted in excellent to good response as compared to only 10% in the placebo group. No local and systemic side effects were reported with sublingual piroxicam. CONCLUSIONS: The present study has demonstrated that for the acute management of migraine without aura sublingual piroxicam showed significant analgesic effect with excellent tolerability.

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