How to treat a migraine at 48 years old with menstrual period

The treatment of migraine at the age of 48 includes general treatment, symptomatic pain treatment and preventive treatment, etc. The specific medication needs to be formulated according to the actual condition.
1. General treatment: relax your mind, avoid too much tension and anxiety; ensure enough rest, avoid exertion; try to avoid being in a noisy environment.
2. Symptomatic pain treatment: preferred non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen, if the effect is not good, you can consider taking ergotamine and other ergot-type preparations and sumatriptan and other treprostinil-type preparations.
3. Preventive treatment: regular flunarizine, propranolol and other drugs can be taken before menstruation to prevent migraine attacks, in addition, you can also consider taking topiramate, amitriptyline, phenothiazine and other drugs.
Migraine before and after menstruation belongs to menstrual migraine, it is recommended to actively seek medical advice, under the guidance of the doctor to standardize the use of medication, do not arbitrarily take their own pain medication, to avoid triggering the overuse of drugs headache.