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  • This is an updated recommendation for how to treat headaches in the emergency department, and one of the treatments it’s replacing is opioids.

    Here is more from the article:

    The update reviewed 26 studies from the past nine years that met the criteria involving migraines and visits to emergency departments to bring the treatment recommendations up to date.

    “This update marks a major change in emergency department migraine care and implementing these treatments can improve patient outcomes and reduce reliance on opioids,” said study co-lead Dr. Jennifer Robblee, a neurologist and migraine and headache disorders specialist at Barrow Neurological Institute

    Another user added a first person perspective, which explains it a lot better than I could.