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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 13.
Published in final edited form as: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010 Apr 14;(4):CD008041. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008041.pub2
Methods Multicentre, randomised, double-blind, parallel-group. Single oral dose
Medication taken when migraine headache pain was of moderate or severe intensity
Assessments at 0, 2 and 24 hours.
Participants Aged 18 to 65 years, meeting IHS criteria for migraine.
Excluded attacks of migraine with aura. Excluded participants with tension headache
N = 303
M = 35, F = 268
Mean age = 40 years
Interventions Effervescent aspirin 900 mg plus metoclopramide 10 mg, n = 152
Placebo, n = 151
Outcomes Headache relief at 2 hours
Pain-free at 2 hours
24-hour sustained relief
Use of rescue medication
Relief of associated symptoms
Functional disability
PGE
Adverse events
Notes Oxford Quality Score: R1, DB1, W1. Total = 3.
Risk of bias
Item Authors’ judgement Description
Adequate sequence generation? Unclear “Patients were randomised after drawing lots”
Allocation concealment? Unclear Not described
Blinding?
All outcomes
Unclear Not described