Sentences with phrase «with migraine medications»

A major advantage in making use of acupressure wristbands for migraine nausea is that they are drug free, so they don't have any interaction risks with migraine medications or the unwanted side effects normally found with antiemetics, like tiredness or dizziness.

Not exact matches

I would love to recommend this to my patients with migraines, especially those who have problems with the medications.

«At a time in history when an unprecedented number of people are getting hooked on narcotic opiates by way of prescribed medications — as is the case with migraine sufferers as well — we owe it to ourselves as physicians to try medications that could work without the risk of addiction,» says Klein.

The study involved 71 people with episodic migraine who had two to eight attacks per month and had not taken any preventive medication for migraine for at least two months.

Other patients, in contrast, are treated with medications for migraines even though they suffer from a different type of headache, such as the more common tension variety.

According to doctors at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, medications and treatments long considered safe to treat pregnant women with migraines may not be.

He suggests working with a neurologist or sexual medicine specialist, who may prescribe a vasodilator (including an erectile dysfunction drug such as Viagra), a migraine medication such as Imitrex, or a neurostabilizing drug such as Neurontin.

«Taking three to four aspirins in combination with an anti-nausea medication called metaclopramide is probably the simplest and best drug treatment for migraine attacks,» Dr Clarke says.

It may also interact with common migraine medications such as sumatriptan and zolmitriptan and increase risk of serotonin syndrome.

A more significant concern is the interaction these drugs can have with other medications that affect serotonin, especially migraine medications and the painkiller tramadol.

She says her diary was particularly valuable for testing the medications that, along with trigger avoidance, finally reduced her migraines from 14 days a month to just two or three times monthly.

The study discovered that after half a year, minimal contact behavioral chronic migraine treatment was competitively priced with pharmacologic treatments making use of medications costing 50 cents or less daily.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not yet approved the device, but if it does earn approval, migraine patients could use it as an alternative to drugs, or in conjunction with medications, Dr. Lipton says.

Of these participants, 39 percent had already failed to respond to two available migraine medications, 38 percent were treated with three other medications and 23 percent had tried four different medications to help control their migraines.

They also provided her with rescue medication she could take when a migraine came on, to help minimize its effects.

«Patients might feel dizzy or lightheaded or feel a vague discomfort in their heads, and oftentimes they'll get treated with medication that might not be appropriate for a true migraine.»

The changes were almost instant with my migraines and getting rid of them last night it was so bad and I could not sleep - I took the first medication in almost 9 months for it.

Anyone suffering with migraines should consider looking at how many soft sugar free drink they are consuming, before trying medication.

My fibromyalgia is 99.9 % better, my migraines are few and far between, I have energy to play with my child, I am sleeping without medication, and the list continues.

Different studies have pointed out that combining pain relief medication with guaranine or caffeine may provide up to 40 % more pain relief, especially when it comes to migraine headaches.

I suffered migraines on a regular basis for more than twenty - five years and was on increasingly strong medications, with unpleasant side effects, in an attempt to control them.

Unique uses of medications, such as Botox, in combination with natural treatments can be very effective in eliminating migraines.

I had never taken any serious medication prior to this (other than for strep throat, migraines, etc.) I was prescribed Paxil for my anxiety since it's a widely - used medication with a high success rate.

None of the patients had been treated with medications acting on the central nervous system (including psychiatric treatments) and none of them was receiving prophylactic medications for migraine.