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hagahmedmd on Instagram: "Could IV magnesium change how we manage acute headaches in the ED? ⚡️🧠A major new study published in Annals of Emergency Medicine …" Could IV magnesium change how we manage acute headaches in the ED? ⚡️🧠A major new study published in Annals of Emergency Medicine evaluated over 1,000 patients with acute non-traumatic headache and found that adding IV magnesium sulfate to acetaminophen improved treatment success, reduced rescue analgesia use, and increased patient satisfaction. 💉📉🔑 Highlights:✅ Better overall treatment success✅ Less need for rescue medications✅ Higher patient satisfaction⚠️ Mild adverse effects were slightly more common🤔 Pain score differences, however, may not have reached a clinically meaningful threshold.As always, studies like this help move the conversation forward in evidence-based headache management and non-opioid analgesia in emergency medicine.🚨 Most importantly: always read the FULL paper yourself before making clinical judgments or changing your practice. Social media summaries are never a substitute for critically appraising the actual study, methodology, limitations, and patient population.Be sure to check out Annals for more practice-changing and thought-provoking EM papers. 📖 Full article here:https://www.annemergmed.com/article/S0196-0644(26)00201-5/fulltextReference:Messous S, Toumia M, Dhaoui R, et al. Intravenous Magnesium Sulfate for Acute Nontraumatic Headache in the Emergency Department. Ann Emerg Med. 2026.#AnnalsOfEmergencyMedicine #EmergencyMedicine #EM #FOAMed #MedEd https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYXb9v6R29H/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==