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===Migraine=== Prochlorperazine, generally by intravenous, is used to treat [[migraine]].<ref name="somestats">{{cite journal | vauthors = Golikhatir I, Cheraghmakani H, Bozorgi F, Jahanian F, Sazgar M, Montazer SH | title = The Efficacy and Safety of Prochlorperazine in Patients With Acute Migraine: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis | journal = Headache | volume = 59 | issue = 5 | pages = 682β700 | date = May 2019 | pmid = 30990883 | doi = 10.1111/head.13527 | s2cid = 119544256 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Patniyot IR, Gelfand AA | title = Acute Treatment Therapies for Pediatric Migraine: A Qualitative Systematic Review | journal = Headache | volume = 56 | issue = 1 | pages = 49β70 | date = January 2016 | pmid = 26790849 | doi = 10.1111/head.12746 | s2cid = 25893066 }}</ref> Such use is recommended by The American Headache Society.<ref name=AHS2016/> A 2019 systematic review found prochlorperazine was nearly three times more likely than [[metoclopramide]] to relieve headache within 60 minutes of administration.<ref name="somestats"/>
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