On 10-08-18 01:08 PM, Dr Jason Horan wrote:
> Jel,
>
> The Migraine Association of Ireland gave a talk at the Irish Association for
> Emergency Medicine back in 2004 where they launched their latest information
> campaign "A guide to the diagnosis and management of migraine in the
> Emergency Department" I couldn't find a copy online but the speaker was
> quite insistent that we would not treat migraineurs (himself included) with
> opiates, be it codeine or morphine.
>
Thanks Jason (and Hi :) I might try to google it a bit more.
> Personally, I can't think of migraineurs in any of the places where I worked
> who would be frequent attenders requesting opiates. Wouldn't be personal or
> departmental practice to prescribe them either, as an aside.
>
>
We have just agreed as a group not to use opiates for this.....we will
see how it goes when the confrontation starts!
Cheers
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Jel
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