Comparison of Drugs on Headache Treatment After ECT Treatment
Comparison of Drugs on Headache Treatment After ECT Treatment
Electroconvulsive treatment (ECT) is still actual for treatment of psychiatric symptoms.
 Headache is a very common symptom after this application. The investigators compare the
 effect of two different drugs for the treatment of headache after ECT.
Electroconvulsive treatment (ECT) is used as an alternative application instead of drug
 therapy for psychiatric symptoms. ECT application is repeated 8-12 times according to the
 treatment of the patient. This treatment is done in 2 or 3 days intervals. The most adverse
 effects of ECT are headache, memory disorders, myalgia, nausea and vomiting, cardiovascular
 problems. The most common seen adverse effect is headache with approximately 60% incidence.
 The main drugs used for the treatment of headache related to ECT are NSAIs and paracetamol.
 The aim of the current study is to compare the effect of paracetamol and dexketoprofen
 trometamol on headache treatment after ECT.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  All patients who were admitted for ECT and gave informed written consent were included
 in the study.

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Exclusion criteria included patients who gave a history of allergy to acetaminophen,
 lacked capacity to give informed consent and developed complications such as delirium
 following ECT.