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Had a migraine went to the e.r. they gave me meds in my iv and told me to take naproxen 500 for 5 days 1 in the morn and night to prevent rebound why?

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Dr. Dimitri Novitzky answered

Specializes in Thoracic Surgery

Naproxen AND migraine: I would DC Naproxen as is not specific for migraines. The efficacy of venlafaxine, which is selectively effective on the serotonergic and noradrenergic mechanisms, on various headaches and chronic pain syndromes has been demonstrated. To our knowledge, this is the first placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized study of two different doses of venlafaxine for migraine treatment.A significant difference was observed between the venlafaxine 150 mg and placebo groups in the number of headache attacks (P= .006). According to patient satisfaction comparisons, the active drug groups were significantly different when compared with placebo (P= .001 at visit 2 and visit 6). When the global efficacy was considered, 80% of patients in the 75-mg group and 88.2% of the patients in the 150-mg group evaluated treatment benefits as either good or very good.

Answered 11/14/2018

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