It's this action that may make it an effective prophylactic migraine medication. However, like other OMPMs, amitriptyline has uncomfortable side effects including nausea and vomiting, dry mouth, ...

The use of novel beta blockers, such as carvedilol, for the prophylactic treatment of migraine is a new concept because it offers additional alpha-1 blocking and antioxidant properties.

This article describes the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying migraines and the pharmacological basis of drug treatment of acute migraine. It also describes drugs used for prophylactic ...

2 Migraine medications usually aim to reduce the frequency and intensity of headache attacks and few of the medications act as preventive medication. Only randomised control trials (RCTs) comparing ...

Topiramate, pizotifen and amitriptyline were noted to have caused side effects and prevent the subjects from continuing that course of prophylactic treatment. Age is a clinical factor which can ...

44 changed their prophylactic headache medicine or pregnancy will be withdrawn from the study at that time and be regarded as dropouts. They are allowed to continue and change their usual acute ...

Specialist migraine medications are up to six times more effective at treating debilitating headaches than ibuprofen, according to new research. The study shows that some classes of migraine ...

Absent evidence of a sinus infection, pain behind the eyes, around the nose and in the frontal sinus area indicates a migraine diagnosis. These medications are appropriate for a patient having more ...

To investigate whether acupuncture is a) more effective than no prophylactic treatment/routine care only; b) more effective than 'sham' (placebo) acupuncture; and c) as effective as other ...

Qulipta (atogepant) has become the only drug in the CGRP inhibitor class approved for prophylactic use across the spectrum of migraine, including people who experience both episodic and chronic ...

Their conclusions indicate that certain diets may trigger or reduce symptoms of migraine, modifying the need to use ...