What medications work well for women with chronic migraines?

  Migraine is a relatively common type of headache with a very high prevalence of 5% to 10% of the population. Migraines are more common in women, and statistics show that the number of female migraine sufferers is about two to three times higher than the number of male migraine sufferers. Some patients may ask what medication is good for women with chronic migraine.  It is true that it is probably a common view of many ordinary patients, and even many primary care general practitioners, to take medication when they get sick. But this tendency is also likely to enter a misunderstanding or has certain limitations. For patients with mild migraine, if the pain is not very severe, the attacks are not very frequent, and the impact on life is not significant, then the treatment can be relieved by taking medications. Commonly used medications include general painkillers, specific ergotamines, opioids, and so on. For those who suffer from intractable migraine, they may suffer from migraine for a long time, and the pain is very intense and frequent, which seriously affects their normal life, work and study, etc. In this case, medication may not be effective. If a woman has a long-term migraine, it is likely that she has this kind of intractable migraine, and if the effect of medication is not good, then it is recommended to try minimally invasive surgical treatment.  At present, microvascular decompression is effective in the treatment of migraine. Microvascular decompression is a minimally invasive surgery that is based on the vascular nerve compression theory of migraine and is a radical treatment to cure the disease by surgical means to relieve the compression of the scalp nerves by blood vessels. The surgical incision is only 2~5 cm and is located in the hairline, so it does not affect the aesthetics.