| Every year millions of Americans suffer from | | | | be the most logical option for you. A daily regimen |
| crippling migraine headaches. A migraine is more | | | | can not only stop the migraines from occurring, it |
| than just a bad headache; it is an intense, | | | | will lessen the amount of painkillers you are |
| debilitating, headache that makes it difficult for the | | | | ingesting. That is important to consider because |
| sufferer to function and engage in normal, | | | | high dosages of pain killers, even of the |
| everyday activities. When a migraine strikes the | | | | over-the-counter variety, can have adverse side |
| first thing its victim wants to do is find the | | | | effects on your body. |
| fastest road to relief, and that is usually possible | | | | Just like over-the-counter options, a daily |
| only with the help of migraine medicine. | | | | prescription migraine medicine may require some |
| Over-the-counter medication is the first line of | | | | trial and error by you and your physician in order |
| defense against the incapacitating pain of a | | | | to find the right medication and dosage for your |
| migraine headache. There are many varieties of | | | | situation. You may be required to chart the |
| over-the-counter pain relief available, but the one | | | | frequency and severity of your headaches in |
| that works best for you might only be | | | | order to assist the physician in finding the most |
| determined through trial and error. Ibuprofen, | | | | effective migraine medicine. It is important to |
| aspirin, acetaminophen, and naproxen - best | | | | remain patient and positive during the process, as |
| known as Motrin, Bayer, Excedrin and Tylenol, and | | | | it can take weeks or even months before the |
| Aleve respectively (although all are available under | | | | ideal medication and dosage is discovered. After |
| generic names) - are the primary and best known | | | | six to twelve months of successful headache |
| options in the market of migraine medicine. | | | | control, your physician may think it is in your best |
| However, as any migraine sufferer knows, | | | | interest to taper the dosage of the medication |
| sometimes those medications are simply too little, | | | | with an eye toward eventually freeing you from |
| too late, to provide any real relief from a painful | | | | the burden of daily medication, as well as the |
| migraine. | | | | painful condition of migraine headaches. |
| There is another option: try to get the migraine | | | | If you suffer from migraine headaches then you |
| before it gets you, and preventative migraine | | | | owe it to yourself to fully investigate the options |
| medicine is designed to do exactly that. | | | | that are available to you. Migraine medicine exists |
| Preventative migraine medicine is taken every | | | | in many forms, and it can help those who suffer |
| day, and it is probably not the best option for | | | | the rare - but still painful - headache, as well as |
| someone who suffers from intermittent or | | | | those who suffer frequently. But not all migraine |
| sporadic migraine headaches. If, on the other | | | | medicine is created equal, and if you are struggling |
| hand, you suffer from frequent - more than | | | | to control your condition then consult your |
| twice a month - and debilitating migraine | | | | physician in order to develop a migraine medicine |
| headaches, then a daily prevention regime might | | | | strategy that works for you. |