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Jornal de Pediatria - Vol. 78, Supl.1 , 2002 S3

0021-7557/02/78-Supl.1/S3

Jornal de Pediatria
Copyright © 2002 by Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria

ARTIGO DE REVISÃO

Tratamento das cefaléias
Treatment of headaches
José Luiz Dias Gherpelli*

Resumo

Abstract

Objetivo: realizar revisão bibliográfica sobre o tema tratamento da cefaléia na infância e adolescência.

Objective: to perform a bibliographic review about headache treatment in childhood and adolescence.

Fontes dos dados: revisão bibliográfica através do banco de dados Medline, utilizando os termos: cefaléia, enxaqueca ou migrânea, infância ou adolescência e tratamento, no período de 1966 a
2001, excluindo artigos de revisão e registros de casos. Foram selecionados artigos científicos que relataram estudos sobre a eficácia da terapêutica farmacológica e não farmacológica no tratamento das cefaléias primárias.

Sources: articles were searched through Medline database using the terms: migraine, or headache, childhood, or adolescence, and treatment, during the period between 1966 and 2001. Review articles and case reports were excluded. Only articles dealing with pharmacological, and non-pharmacological treatment of primary headaches were selected.
Summary of the findings: a total of 104 articles were found; only those reporting results of the case-control studies, or drug vs. placebo, either blind, or open, and that included children, or adolescents were selected.

Síntese dos dados: foram encontrados 104 artigos científicos, sendo selecionados aqueles que relataram estudos do tipo casocontrole, ou droga versus placebo, cegos ou abertos, e que estudassem crianças ou adolescentes.

Conclusions: only a few controlled studies about the headache treatment were found in the pediatric age group, although primary headaches are frequently seen in clinical practice. Therefore they constitute an important subject to be studied. Only a few drugs were adequately studied, and in a small number of studies. Both acute