How are vestibular migraines treated?
No drug specifically treats vestibular migraines, but there are drugs that can treat vertigo and migraine separately. Diamond says taking preventative migraine drugs may help curb vestibular migraines. But Maizels says it’s possible for vestibular migraine patients to still get vertigo symptoms if they’re only taking migraine drugs. “I’ve found folks with vestibular migraines are more difficult to treat,” says Maizels.