Migraines in children and teenagers: What medications can relieve the symptoms?
Medications that work in adults will not always work in exactly the same way in children and teenagers. Not only do children need smaller doses because they are physically smaller: the drugs might work differently, too. They may be more or less effective in relieving migraine symptoms, and they may cause different adverse effects as well. For this reason, only a few of the medications that are commonly used for adults who have migraine attacks have been approved for use in children or teenagers. A group of researchers from the Netherlands have now looked into what medications can help relieve acute migraine symptoms in young people. Find out what they concluded here.
