What to take for a migraine?

Migraine?: Although recurrent headaches are the mainstay of migraine, a migraine is not just simply a headache. Rather, it should be viewed as an attack that is accompanied by various neurological and non-neurological features as well as headache. The goals of migraine therapy are relief from pain and associated symptoms and the restoration of normal function. Rec see headache or orofacial pain specialist.

Triptans first line: Headache specialists such as myself train a lifetime to answer that question effectively for each patient. Careful evaluation of your symptoms using a headache log starts the process. Plans should be individually tailored. No 1 drug treats all migraines. Triptans are considered the gold standard but many factors can tilt the choice to other agents or even nonpharmacologic agents as well.

Get checked: If your headaches do not respond to pain medicines like tylenol (acetaminophen) or motrin, then it would be good to get checked out by a doctor. You may also want to maintain a headache diary when you have a headache. In this you should write down anything you ate in the hours before the headache started, or how much sleep you got the night before or anything else that stands out and look for patterns.