Metoclopramide for Post Traumatic Headache

Inclusion Criteria:

Included patients will be adults who meet International Classification of Headache
Disorders criteria for acute post-traumatic headache. These are as follows:

- Traumatic injury to the head has occurred

- Headache has developed within 7 days of injury to the head

- Headache is not better accounted for by another diagnosis (eg, previous history of
migraine or tension-type headache)

The headache must be rated as moderate or severe in intensity at the time of initial
evaluation.

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients will be excluded if more than ten days have elapsed since the head trauma, if the
headache has already been treated with an anti-dopaminergic medication, or for medication
contra-indications including pheochromocytoma, seizure disorder, Parkinson's disease, use
of MAO inhibitors, and use of anti-rejection transplant medications.