What treatments best ease migraine pain for sufferers?
The best abortive drugs are the triptan family, including Imitrex, Relpax, Amerge, Frova, and probably some others. These have the best record of stopping a migraine in its tracks. If your migraines are infrequent, Fiorinol or Fioricet may be of help, but taking it more than a couple of times a week may cause “rebound headache.” Some migraineurs have had success with other painkillers, as well as some muscle relaxants. I find most of them ineffective in the long haul, and I strongly advise against long-term treatment with opiates. There are also lots of preventive drugs out there, pretty much all of which were originally designed for some other use. The most common are anti-depressants and anti-convulsants. Good websites to visit are the National Headache Foundation and the National Migraine Association. They can help you find doctors who specialize in headaches, as well as specialty headache clinics, which may be a good answe
