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Anti migraine drug
Anti-migrane agents are a kind of brain and nerve drug.
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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A 37-year old asked:
I have confirmed migraine diagnosis and if taken in time, Imitrex (sumatriptan) works. Can one build a tolerance to the Imitrex (sumatriptan) drug needing to up the dose?
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A 44-year old asked:
Are there any prescription only drugs that are worth trying for migraine sufferers?
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A 46-year old male asked:
I have migraine and always I use samaritan .L want to know about side effects of this drug.
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A female asked:
Can certain drugs trigger migraine headaches? Is it possible for some drugs or medications to be the cause of migraine headaches?
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A 40-year old female asked:
Will predisone for a few days break a 2 week long migraine? I can't use most other migraine drugs and am desperate. Saw neuro, nothing serious wrong.
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A 18-year old female asked:
Why wont my headache go away ? Its been here since august and constantly throbbing, been told its migraine drugs don't help. Feel like im in a daze :(
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A 37-year old female asked:
3 day migraine. IV drugs in er. no pain 3 days. Pain return 4 2 days with short breath and exhaustion. Do I return 2 er? No relief from OTC on vacatio
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A 48-year old asked:
I have either a head ache or migraine but im not surehow I can stop the pain without drugs?
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A 23-year old female asked:
@ times need to go to ER for hemiplegic migraines but docs there assume im a drug seeker bc they've "never heard of this type of migraine"-what to do?
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A 36-year old male asked:
What's drug of choice in pat. With acute migraine and ischemic heart disease?
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A 49-year old female asked:
I am allergic to ondansetron, other anti nausea drugs don't help, would doxylamine and B6 help with nausea with migraine?
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A 23-year old male asked:
My Dr put me topamax (topiramate) for migraine. I'm allergic to penicillin and sulfa.drugs. And nsaids drugs cause I have gi problems. Thanks.
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A 29-year old male asked:
Is Amlodipine effective for migraines related to Prinzmetal Angina? Reviews on drugs.com is 9/10 for migraine for norvasc! Thats best for any med!!
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A 20-year old male asked:
Doc has put me on tapering dose of 60mg prednisolone for chronic migraine not resp. to drugs and partial resp. to Botox. He says that non resp. to prednisolone means my migaine is psychiatric. True ?
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A 34-year old female asked:
I developed drug induced parkinsonism after 28 months of taking Flunarizine for migraine. It has been 12 months since I stopped taking Flunarizine yet the parkinsonism remains. Should I be worried about developing actual parkinson's disease?
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A 23-year old male asked:
Hi my cardio doctor said i have wolf parkinson white syndrome, now im suffering from migraine and lighthead my familydoctor said i do have migraine since she recmnd flunarizine sibelium 5mg i saw on the internet people with parkinson do not take drug?
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A 58-year old female asked:
Hi, for the past month I have numbness on the left side cheek, MRI showed scattered white matter frontal lobe. Is this early sign of MS? I don't smoke or use recreational drugs or migraine. Thanks?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Hi, I went to the ER last week for a migraine and was given Reglan, whcih I had a bad reaction to. Since then (it could be anxiety on and off), but I feel like my left leg and arm are restless and achey at times. Could this be from the drug I had a week
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A 26-year old female asked:
My doctor recently prescribed maxalt (rizatriptan) and tramadol for migraine treatment. I am now a week late to start my period. Can these drugs be the causek?
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A 36-year old male asked:
Stoped taking topiramate for migraine, 10 days ago but still has, white tongue, face rash n genital tingling n itching.Is this still drug side effects?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Can the sun cause a migraine?
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A 29-year old female asked:
I got a migraine will a shower help?
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A 45-year old asked:
How can I best take care of a migraine?
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A 55-year old female asked:
Will flying in a plane trigger a migraine ?
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A 27-year old female asked:
How do I get a migraine? because I got one?
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A 27-year old asked:
What do I do when migraine medicine wont work?
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A 32-year old asked:
Persistent migraine please help me cope or quit?
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A 53-year old asked:
Is migraine a signal of unhealthy diet or health?
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A 21-year old female asked:
Can a migraine cause your speech to become jumbled?
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A 32-year old asked:
How do I increase the dosage of my migraine tablets?
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