MIGRAINE/HEADACHE treatment

What do other patients take for MIGRAINE/HEADACHE?

iGuard.org has more than 67,510 users on treatment for MIGRAINE/HEADACHE. Learn more about what medications they are taking to treat migraine/headache from the table below...

Commonly Used Medication Name* (Hover mouse over name to see medication class)	% of Patients	Average Risk Rating	Generic	Patient-reported Severity
Tylenol	34 %		YES
Advil	24 %		YES
Topamax	12 %		NO
Imitrex	7 %		PENDING
Aleve	5 %		YES
Excedrin	< 5 %		YES
Maxalt	< 5 %		PENDING
Vicodin	< 5 %		YES
Relpax	< 5 %		NO
Amitriptyline	< 5 %		YES
Verelan	< 5 %		YES
Inderal	< 1 %		YES
Tenormin	< 1 %		YES
Depakote	< 1 %		YES
Hydrocodone	< 1 %
Visine	< 1 %		YES
Zanaflex	< 1 %		YES
Darvocet	< 1 %		YES
Trileptal	< 1 %		YES

*This list is NOT EXHAUSTIVE - Only drugs used by a sufficiently large number of iGuard.org users are listed.

**Medications are sometimes known by different brand/generic names, depending upon how they are packaged or used.

EXAMPLE:

34 % of iGuard.org patients that use medications for MIGRAINE/HEADACHE regularly use Acetaminophen as part of their treatment.

Comments for MIGRAINE/HEADACHE

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Question/Comment:

I started having occular migraines after my duaghter was born. My doctor prescibed topamax for sleep and anxiety and nightmares. It cured my migraines..Bonus! But I lost 17 pounds. I have no appitite and now I weigh 100 pounds. So I'm torn to try to find another pill, That will let me gain some weight. but will help me sleep and keep those headaches and blurry vision at bay.

32 year old female
Posted: 2008-11-20 11:37:22 Rating:

Question/Comment:

My will soon be in my 32nd year of migraines -- they started when my first child was 9 months old and two weeks after having my wisdom teeth removed (not certain if either had anything to do with onset). I have an aunt and a niece who also suffer. Back then you got shot up with demerol (sp?) So of course you waited until you were about to die from the pain. I was given the encouragement that they would most likely go away at menopause -- so when menopause started at 37 I was happy -- now I am 54 and still have migraines. Thankfully, not quite as bad. Use to have them 3-4 days just about every week -- vomiting, light/sound sensitive, etc. Now I can go a whole week without one or have 2,3 or 4 days of low level migraine that make me feel as though I am in slow motion. Doctor just gave me Treximet. I have been using Imitrex but it doesn't work that well any more. I doubt these medications are good for anyone but the trade-off, losing 2,3 or more days every week to migraine is simply unacceptable to me. I had success with Treximet the two times I have used it. We shall see if it continues to work.

54 year old female
Posted: 2008-11-02 16:13:00 Rating:

Question/Comment:

I use to take Imitrex for my migraines, I used the pills and even the nose spray and they got to the place they didn't work very well. I now take Maxalt and Maxamelt and now they are getting to the place they don't work as well. I still have to take advil with in a couple hrs of taking them to help ease of the migraines. I go to the allergist next month and plan to ask for something different.

I have also tried excedrin,aleve and other OTC med's in past and they don't help. It seems like Im having migraines more and more the old I get. Im also premenapausal.

43 year old female
Posted: 2008-10-23 05:14:48 Rating:

Question/Comment:

Nothing "safe" works for my migraines totally. I've been prescribed heavy duty painkillers I prefer not to take (what, I'm like that) but I've been trying to get the whole thing into good overall management for years now. For me, ear acupuncture by a holistic neurologist does work- nothing in the imitrex family does. The rest of the options have rebound effects I can't bear.
Anyone else?
Best of Health and Luck- lady j

31 year old female
Posted: 2008-10-04 13:38:07 Rating:

Question/Comment:

I Take Neurontin for my Migrains as well as Neuralgia of my Right Arm and Hand and Neurontin is the only Medication that works. I started off at a high dose of 4500mg/day @800mg 5x/day and now all I take is 600mg 3x/day for a total of 1800mg/day. I was tested for over 5 years and the symptoms did not go away as well as the pain except for the Neurontin Rx. I also was taking 12,000mg of Excedrin Dailey which the Doctors were very upset about but now with the Neurontin I am now in no pain and I am feeleing very good.

56 year old male

56 year old male
Posted: 2008-09-19 01:03:48 Rating:

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