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Medications To Treat Migraines
Treatment Approaches
Migraine treatment involves both treating acute attacks when they occur and developing preventive strategies for reducing the frequency and severity of attacks.
Treating Migraine Attacks
Many effective headache remedies are available for treating a migraine attack. Still, many patients are treated with unapproved drugs, including opoids and barbiturates that can be potentially addictive or dangerous.
The main types of medications for treating a migraine attack are:
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My New Migraine Preventive
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Transformed Migraine: stopping the daily headache to treat the...
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Migraine medication tolerance, migraines affecting personality?
Full Question: I am 40 year old male with a family history of migraines.I quickly build a tolerance to medications to treat the headaches.... Read more »
7/23/07 #6: Decreasing HRT to treat Migraines?
Full Question: I went to see a neurologist per referral of my family practice Doctor. The first thing that he wants to do is decrease my... Read more »
Should We Treat a Migraine During Prodrome?
The prodrome (sometimes called the premonitory phase) of a Migraine attack consists of symptoms preceding and forewarning of a Migraine... Read more »
From Our Sources
Two medications treat migraine better than one
Researchers say that a new pill that combines Imitrex and Aleve works better for migraines than either drug used alone. The two drugs target... Read more »
Almotriptan approved to treat migraines in teens
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first triptan medication to treat migraines in adolescents. The drug, called... Read more »
Almotriptan approved to treat migraines in teens
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first triptan medication to treat migraines in adolescents. The drug, called... Read more »
NHF Survey: Migraine-Specific Medications vs. Nonspecific Medi...
"We have really great Migraine-specific medications available, and they're not being prescribed to people who could benefit from them… Often,... Read more »
Migraine Issues: How is migraine treated?
Migraine headache is treated by migraine prevention strategies and symptom alleviation. Many migraine sufferers rely on both preventive and abortive... Read more »
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