ArticleCurrent treatment options in neurology2012
Use of dopamine antagonists in treatment of migraine.
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- Migraine, Tension-Type Headache and Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Pooled it
- Quetiapine for acute bipolar depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Drug design, development and therapy · 2014Pooled it
- Low-dose Ketamine Does Not Improve Migraine in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Placebo-controlled Trial.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2018Trial
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- Dopaminergic Dysregulation in Migraine: From Hypothalamic A11 Dysfunction to a Systemic Biobehavioral Phenotype.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Mesocorticolimbic circuitry in episodic migraine: reward- and punishment-related responses and resting-state connectivity.The journal of headache and pain · 2026Article
- Dopamine and prolactin in migraine: Mechanisms and potential therapeutic targets.Journal of neuroendocrinology · 2025Review
- Effect of High-Rate Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Phonophobia and Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potential in Migraine.Molecular neurobiology · 2025Article
- Bridging migraine and psychosis: a neuropsychiatric review of shared dopaminergic mechanisms.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Review
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- Non-opioid Intravenous Drugs for Pain Management in Patients Presenting with Acute Migraine Pain in the Emergency Department: A Comprehensive Literature Review.Anesthesiology and pain medicine · 2022Review
- Network Pharmacology-Based Investigation on Therapeutic Mechanisms of thePlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Drug Safety in Episodic Migraine Management in Adults Part 1: Acute Treatments.Current pain and headache reports · 2022Review
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- Patient Experience of Flunarizine for Vestibular Migraine: Single Centre Observational Study.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Migraine susceptibility is modulated by food triggers and analgesic overuse via sulfotransferase inhibition.The journal of headache and pain · 2022Article
- Refractory migraine profile in CGRP-monoclonal antibodies scenario.Acta neurologica Scandinavica · 2021Article
- A link between gastrointestinal disorders and migraine: Insights into the gut-brain connection.Headache · 2021Review
- The dopamine D1-D2DR complex in the rat spinal cord promotes neuropathic pain by increasing neuronal excitability after chronic constriction injury.Experimental & molecular medicine · 2021Article
- Emergency Department and Inpatient Management of Headache in Adults.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2020Review
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Abstract
opinion statementDopamine antagonists are indicated for treatment of nausea or psychosis and have an established role in the treatment of migraine. Neuroleptics, including antipsychotics, act as antagonists at the dopamine D2 receptor type. These medications also have variable activity as antihistamines and anticholinergics, and they block alpha-adrenergic and some serotonin receptor types, but their actions on dopamine are likely the reason for their efficacy in treating nausea, psychosis, and acute migraine. Neuroleptics are first-line agents in the emergency room setting for migraine, especially for patients with nausea and vomiting. In the setting of a clear prodrome, antiemetics may prevent migraine when taken before an attack. They are also indicated in clinical situations such as patients who are pregnant or have contraindications to migraine-specific medications or NSAIDs. Recent developments suggest that dopamine is particularly important in chronic pain, and we most commonly use neuroleptic medications in the treatment of status migrainosus or medication-overuse headache. Clinicians may avoid dopamine antagonists because of unfamiliarity and a lack of large, controlled clinical trials. Their use requires special care to avoid adverse events such as sedation, akathisia or dystonic reactions, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, or movement disorders with long-term use. Some newer atypical neuroleptic agents appear promising for both acute and prophylactic migraine treatment with a lower risk of adverse events.
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