What do you take for migraines?

MBandBud · January 2011

Not for me, but my brother. He complains about them constantly and I'd like to tell him what works. Can you tell me what works for you both OTC and Rx? Thanks!

Mouseygail · January 2011

it really just depends on the person...my sister and I both have chronic migraines, but she gets by great with imitrex and it makes my headaches worse...I have had some luck with relapax. While I was pregnant, reglan and extra strength tylenol actually worked pretty well most of the time!! (approved by my neuro and ob). my neuro says that the trick is to treat them at the first sign of them...excedrine migraine and a coke helps, but usually I don't catch them until too late.

Also, I'm researching magnesium again. There are studies psotulating that many headache sufferers are mag deficient...

BelleBaby · January 2011

I take propanolol daily to prevent them. Before I started it, I would get them at least once a week. Now I barely get one a month.

Temp159135562506975 · January 2011

i have had migraines since puberty and have only had them really managed in the past 5 years... i knew when i was going to TTC I had to find a way to deal with them without the meds - so i tried a few things.

I eliminated all sacchrine from my diet - the iced tea with sweet & low I'd have at lunch was giving me more migraines- but i never correlated them b/c the migraine would come the next day.... but once i cut out sacchrine- i had a huge decrease in the quantity of migraines.

I started taking Migralief - can be purchased on Amazon.com - you can read about it there or at the migralief website --- i swear by it... I take 2x's a day and don't get many migraines anymore --- and when i ran out of it for a few weeks last month i had a TON of migraines - so now i have it on subscription with amazon.com so it always comes to me in time.

i have tried many Rx meds for prevention - all worked but all had side effects i hated. I took inderal (a beta blocker) that helped, but then stopped working and a dose increase would have made my blood pressure bottom out. I took Topamax and had tons of horrible s/e's - a kidney stone being the worst.

For acute treatment of a migraine I take Relpax + 4 advil (rx strength) and that usually knocks it out well. Sometimes if i catch RIGHT away i can get by with taking 2 excedrine (excedrine migraine is the same thing- just marketed differently... so get the generics and save money).... but I really have to pay attention to the signs that one is coming to take it in time- otherwise I need relpax+advil.

keeping up your normal caffiene intake is important - if you drink coffee every day but skip a day that will = migraine... if you don't drink caffiene much but then have it one day, that can = migraine... so it's important to keep that consistant. Same with eating- not letting lots of time pass between meals.

itsmevkb · January 2011

I take prescription Frova. It's a lesser known migraine drug but for me it's been nothing short of a miracle.

My best advice is that he should see a neurologist and ask for samples of a ton of different kinds of drugs and then start using them and see which works best for him. Everyone responds differently. Like for me, Imitrex gave me a two week long headache, others only worked so-so but Frova takes the headache away in less than an hour. Once I'd gone through all the samples I just called the doc and asked for a prescription of the one that worked best.

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