Would morphine be the treatment of choice for a migraine in a 19 year old?
Debbie,
If you mean a first-line treatment to be taken at home when a Migraine occurs, morphine would be an unusual choice.
The usual first-line treatment is Migraine abortive medications that work in the brain to stop the Migrainous process, thus relieving the symptoms. The most commonly used Migraine abortives are the triptans -- Imitrex, Maxalt, Zomig, etc.
You can find more information about the types of medications used for Migraine in Preventive, Abortive, and Rescue Medications - What's the Difference?
Hope this answers your question,
Teri
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I would not describe narcotics as a choice treatment. I know people who now have horrible addiction problems on top of their migraine problems. I like Terri's suggestion far better.
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yequitay
Monday, July 27, 2009 at 05:17 PM
My 16 year old was given morphine in the ER for migraine, though they weren't sure his pain was a migraine when we got there. It didn't help the pain as much a you might think, and it certainly isn't a long term solution.
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THAT IS SO TRUE. I AM ALWAYS GIVEN MORPHINE OR VICODIN FOR THE PAIN BUT I RATHER TAKE THE PAIN TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. SINCE FEB OF THIS YEAR THEY GAVE ME 10 PILL OF VICODIN AND I HAVE ONLY TAKEN 1. I DONT THINK ADDING AN ADDICTION TO A HORRIBLE HEADACHE IS THE ANSWER. GOOD LUCK.
PS. I AM 22 LIVING WITH MIGRAINES SINCE I WAS 12 AND I RATHER NOT TAKE THE NARCOTICS.