Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 56, Issue 1 , Pages 7-17 , July 2010

Treating Headache Recurrence After Emergency Department Discharge: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Naproxen Versus Sumatriptan

  • Benjamin W. Friedman, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Benjamin W. Friedman, MD, MS, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, 111 East 210th St, Bronx, NY 10467; 718-920-6626, fax 718-798-0730
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  • Clemencia Solorzano, RPh

      Affiliations

    • Pharmacy Department, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
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  • David Esses, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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  • Shujun Xia, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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  • Michael Hochberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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  • Niels Dua, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
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  • Alan Heins, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, AL
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  • Paul Sasso, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
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  • Polly E. Bijur, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
    • Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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  • Richard B. Lipton, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
    • Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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  • E. John Gallagher, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
    • Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

Received 20 December 2009 ,Revised 26 January 2010 ,Accepted 3 February 2010.

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 Please see page 8 for the Editor's Capsule Summary of this article.

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 Supervising editor: Donald M. Yealy, MD

 Author contributions: BWF, CS, DE, ND, AH, PEB, and EJG conceived the study and designed the trial. BWF, DE, ND, AH, and PS supervised the conduct of the trial and data collection. BWF, DE, ND, and AH undertook recruitment of participating centers and patients and managed the data, including quality control. PEB, RBL, and EJG provided statistical advice on study design. BWF analyzed the data. BWF drafted the article, and all authors contributed substantially to its revision. BWF takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. The authors have stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. Dr. Friedman is supported through a career development award (K23NS051409) from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

 Publication date: Available online March 19, 2010.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(10)00118-6

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.02.005

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 56, Issue 1 , Pages 7-17 , July 2010