A study online in the Neurology journal reveals that the most effective treatment for migraine attacks is triptans. This markets with brand names such as Imitrex, Maxalt, and Zomix. According to research, other classes of drugs such as ergots and anti-emetics have been found to be at least two to three times more effective that ibuprofen. These migraine medications markets as Motrin and Advil.
Researchers compared 25 drugs of seven different drug classes with ibuprofen in treating migraine attacks.
Migraine Drugs Which Are Helpful
According to the researchers, the top three drug classes were:
- Triptans Anti-emetic (Reglan)
- Compro.
- Ergots (Migranal, Cafergot, Trudhesa, Ergostat, Ergomar).
The participants indicated that ibuprofen worked successfully 42% of the time.
Dr. Noah Rosen (vice chair of neurology, Northwell Health in New York) stated, “Ibuprofen under dosing increases the risk of recurrence because it is a common strategy to limit side effects like stomach irritation.”
Rosen, Medical News Today, told, “furthermore, the drug has also a short half-life, which is how long the drug stays active in the body.” Some other drugs such as naproxen stay in the body a lot longer than the drug and thus stop headaches from Such people derive modest benefits from ibuprofen, especially those.
On the other hand, less frequent options which have a higher probability of success and a lower chance that the headache will return include concurrent jaw or neck pain.
Other Medication
Researchers also examined other medication classes, such as acetaminophen (Tylenol) and other NSAIDs. In comparison to ibuprofen, the other NSAIDs were 94% more effective. The combination of acetaminophen, aspirin, and caffeine was 69% more effective as compared to the ibuprofen
Acetaminophen provided relief in 37% of the cases, while ibuprofen provided relief in 42% of the cases.
After examining the various NSAIDs researchers have found that all of them were superior to ibuprofen in terms of effectiveness:
- Toradol, or ketorolac, worked well. In 62% of cases
- Tivorbex was therefore a credible source for Indomethacin. 57% of the time
- Fifty-six of the one hundred times, diclofenac (Flector, Cambia, Zipsor) was helpful.
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