Full Question:
What's the best treatment for migraine headaches? anna-maria
Answer:
Dear Anna-Maria;
There is no one specific best treatment. You don't say if you need preventive treatment or abortive. The best Migraine treatment is a five-stage treatment:
- Accurate diagnosis and selection of a good doctor to work with.
- Trigger identification and management.
- Preventive therapies if you have three or more Migraines a month.
- Abortive medications.
- Rescue medications for times when abortives fail.
Here are some articles with more information:
- Preventive, Abortive, and Rescue Medications - What's the Difference?
- Migraine preventive medications: too many options to give up!
- Your Migraine and Headache Diary
Good luck,
John Claude Krusz and Teri Robert
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Last updated September 4, 2008.
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