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I suffer with weekly migraines. is it best to take preventatives or just use trip tans in your opinion?
3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Chronic versus acute: The migraine that occurs more frequently than 15 days per month and lasts longer than 4 hours per day considered a chronic migraine and preventive medications combined with elimination of the overused medication is used. If not triptans are great abortive medication. Ask your doctor for more information.
Answered 10/3/2014
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It depends a bit: On you. Prophylactic therapy is often indicated when: -migraine frequency >2/month -use of abortive therapy more than 2X/week -major debility due to migraines >3days/week -limited effect from abortive therapy or side effects from abortive therapy If this is the case for you, as you mention, you may want to strongly consider preventative/prophylactic treatment.
Answered 10/3/2014
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