Treating migraine.

Acute migraine: treating early.

Many individuals with migraine who experience an acute migraine headache delay treating that headache because they “wait to see if it’s going to be a migraine.” Unfortunately, by the time the headache builds and blossoms to become full-blown, the treatment they administer is much less likely to be effective. Keep in mind these 2 points: (1) although their specific features may vary, most headac...

Evans Treating migraine in the emergency department

Treating an acute attack of migraine.

STEP 2 Recognize Migraine as a Process.—While headache and migraine are often considered synonymous, they are not. Migraine is always more than headache. Learning the non-headache symptoms associated with your migraine is essential to early recognition of an attack. The headache-associated symptoms of a migraine attack are divided into 3 components: (1) symptoms occurring before the headache be...

Comparison of ibuprofen and AAC (acetaminophen, Aspirin, Caffeine) for treating acute migraine episodes

Background and Objective: Migraines are the third most prevalent diseases and the seventh most debilitating diseases in the world. Medical treatment options for acute migraine episodes are various while none are infinitely effective for all patients. The aim of the present study was to compare fixed combination of acetaminophen, aspirin and caffeine with ibuprofen (AAC) with ibuprofen. Material...

Is dexamethasone effective in treating acute migraine headache?

The formulated search question followed a standard patients/ interventions/comparisons/outcomes (PICO) format. The patients relevant to the search were those presenting to an emergency department for management of migraine. The relevant interventions were pharmacological treatments, including dexamethasone. The ideal comparison to address this treatment question would be a randomised controlled...