Migraine Medication

Migraine medication can only prevent or appease attacks when taken regularly. The intensity of the migraine attack decides the drug selection for an appropriate medication.The National Migraine Association set up the latest recommended therapies as follows:

Preventive Medication

The National Migraine Association suggests preventive or prophylactic medications such as beta-blockers, antidepressants, calcium channel blockers, methysergide or divalproex sodium. Connected to the attacks are frequent nausea and vomiting. Against these symptoms anti-emetics are advised and seldom the prescriptive Triptans. Triptans re-constrict the arteries in the brain which widen during an attack and as a result not only minor the symptoms, but also possible side-effects such as noise and light-sensitivity.

Moderate till heavy migraine attacks

For moderate nausea excluding early vomiting, the following tryptamine based drugs are applied:

• Sumatriptan (Imigran)
  oral 50-100 mg
• Zolmitriptan (AscoTop)
  oral 2,5 mg
• Naratriptan (Naramig)
  oral 2,6 mg
• Rizatriptan (Maxalt)
  oral 10 mg
• Eletriptan (Relpax)
  oral 40-80 mg

For heavy nausea and early vomiting:

• Sumatriptan (Imigran)
  s.c. 6 mg
• Sumatriptan (Imigran)
  nasal 10-20 mg
• Sumatriptan (Imigran)
  rektal 25 mg