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Is it okay to take migraine medication for regular headaches?
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No.: Migraine-specific medications are designed to work for migraine headaches. Depending on the medication, they may provide little or no relief for other forms of headache and instead, only expose the patient to unnecessary side effects or complications. Check with the physician that manages your headaches as to his/her advice for treating common cephalgias.
Answered 10/3/2016
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Depends: Depends on the specific medication. I would avoid taking triptans more than once or twice a week.
Answered 9/23/2016
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Depends: As was said frequent use of triptans is a bad idea. In general i would state that use of medications to treat migraines should not be used except for migraines.
Answered 9/23/2016
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