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When do you consider IV ketamine for status migrainosus?

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Neurology · UPMC
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Given that the current evidence for IV ketamine is of low quality and primarily limited to retrospective studies - with the American Headache Society 2025 ED guidelines assigning it a level U (no recommendation) - I would consider it in the inpatient setting only after standard abortive therapies ha...

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Neurology · Greater Boston Headache Center at Boston Advanced Medicine
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I would not consider IV ketamine for status migrainosus, as I like to keep patients out of the emergency room. My treatment of migraine status is with a three-day course of a combination of prednisone and diazepam. I prescribe the prednisone in a dose of 15 mg qid x 1 day, 10 mg qid x 1 day, and 5 m...

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