Migraine drugs: An Overview

2008-03-19 10:11:54

( Pharmeceutical-Medical )



An assortment of migraine drugs specially manufactured for migraine headache relief fall into two classifications: preventive migraine drugs and pain relieving migraine drugs. Preventive migraine drugs are designed to reduce the frequency or decrease the severity of migraine headaches. Pain relieving migraine drugs on the other hand are taken during the migraine headache itself to put an end to symptoms that have already started.

Choosing a method of migraine treatment will largely depend on the severity or frequency of your migraine headaches and other medical circumstances. If you have two or more incapacitating migraine headaches a month, you are most likely a candidate for preventive migraine drugs. If you need pain relieving migraine drugs more than two times in a week, you need preventive migraine drugs.

Preventive migraine drugs
Preventive migraine drugs help to lessen the severity, length and frequency of migraine headaches and enhance the effectiveness of migraine relief medicines used during migraine headache attacks. Popular migraine drugs include antidepressants which have been proven to help prevent headaches including migraines. Beta blockers or cardiovascular drugs mainly used to treat coronary disease also help to decrease the severity and frequency of migraines. Also known to prevent migraines are antiseizure drugs used to treat bipolar disease and epilepsy. Included in the list of preventive migraine drugs are cyproheptadine, an antihistaime that affects serotonin levels and botox or botulinum tosin type a better known for treating facial wrinkles.

Pain relieving migraine drugs
Pain relieving migraine drugs are best taken at the first sign of a migraine attack. The most popular pain relieving migraine drugs include NSAIDS or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. NSAIDS come in the form of aspirin or ibuprofen and can help relieve mild migraines. For sufferers of the more severe migraine attacks, triptans are the answer. Triptans help relieve migraine by reducing nausea, pain and sensitivity to light. Ergots are also one of the oldest migraine drugs but less effective than triptans. Anti nausea medications and butalbital combinations are also used as pain relieving migraine drugs. Opiates on the other hand are one of the more effective migraine drugs but are addictive and should be used only as a last resort.

Inspite of the many migraine drugs available, most migraine headache sufferers endure needless pain by either not taking their migraine drugs properly or taking them incorrectly. Studies also show that millions of migraine sufferers are not taking the most effective migraine drugs; the most common reason of which is the side effects that are common in most migraine drugs.

When taken properly, migraine drugs can greatly reduce the severity and frequency of migraine headaches and help the nervous system regain control of things. When this happens, you can normally stop taking migraine drugs.

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