Question 1

what is the best way to get rid of migraine headaches if meds don't work?

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Migraine Headache: Migraine headache can be severe that you need to see a neurologist for guidance and treatment.

Question 2

what's the best way to get rid of a migraine?

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Its individual: Everyone is a bit different in terms of what works for them. Try simple rest in a quiet, dark place first. Excedrin migraine is a good choice for a medicine if needed, although many respond to plain tylenol (acetaminophen) or advil or alleve. If these don't work, consider seeing your health care provider to consider if something else is causing your headache, or if a prescription medicine may help.

Question 3

whats the fastest way to get rid of a migraine?

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Migraine: Lay down, quiet dark room, call your doctor if no relief after taking your meds.

Question 4

can you get rid of a migraine with no medication?

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Meditation: You can learn meditation techniques to help prevent headaches.  For relief of an ongoing headache, focus your attention inward, progressively relax every part of the body, then do the same with your head.  As always, headaches may be a sign of something serious so check with your doctor.

Question 5

how do you get rid of a migraine lasting over 48 hours?

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Emergency Room: I would recommend you to go to an emergency room, coz migrane headache may not last that long provided you took some medication for that. We have to rule out others causes of headache such as a bleed in the brain. Having said that migrane headache is easily treatable but recurrence is more common. Talk to your doctor regarding treatment for long term migrane. Take care.

Question 6

what are some ways to get rid of a migraine before karate?

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Wise idea: The most commonly used med to stop migraine headache is a triptan (includes imitrex, maxalt, zomig, frova, (frovatriptan) relpax) if taken within the first 60-90 minutes after headache onset, but an ergotamine might work well also.  Otc dolovent may be of value.  100% oxygen sometimes helps.  Your doctor could guide choices.

Question 7

how would you get rid of a migraine that doesn't disappear?

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Urgent care: Many clinicians consider parenteral administration of dhe-45, ketamine, lidocaine, other agents to be a very safe and reasonable treatment for migraine. Dhe-45 is still used frequently in the hospital emergency rooms or urgent care to stop a prolonged migraine. Good luck.

Question 8

how can i get rid of a migraine that's lasted about a week?

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Urgent care: Many clinicians consider parenteral administration of dhe-45, ketamine, lidocaine, other agents to be a very safe and reasonable treatment for migraine. Dhe-45 is still used frequently in the hospital emergency rooms or urgent care to stop a prolonged migraine. Good luck.

Question 9

what is the best way to get rid of a migraine ive been having going on a week?

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: A migraine that lasts for more than 72 hours is status migrainosus. There are other causes to consider too, the most common is medication overuse headaches. The main and first line treatment consists of hydration and steroids.

Question 10

i take a lot of medication to get rid of a migraine. i was wondering whether there's a way to get rid of a migraine without medication?

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Yes there is: There are a multitude of options available depending on the type of migraine, chronicity, and number of attacks.  These include but are not limited to alternative medicine (e.g. Acupuncture), injections (e.g. Botox), nerve ablation procedures and even peripheral nerve surgery.

You need to discuss your options with your neurologist or pain specialist to see which one applies to you.

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