What kind of medicine do you take for a headache?

A burst of headache may be migraine, tension headache, temporal arteritis, postherpetic neuralgia, etc. It can be treated symptomatically with oral medication, such as ibuprofen, zolmitriptan, amitriptyline, prednisone, cyclophosphamide, pregabalin and so on. 1. Migraine: this disease may be related to heredity, endocrine disorders, mental factors, etc. It manifests as throbbing pain on one side or both sides of the head, and can be treated with oral medications such as ibuprofen and zolmitriptan. 2. Tension headache: this disease is caused by pericranial muscle or myofascial contraction or ischemia, the release of inflammatory mediators and other triggers, but also depression, anxiety and other factors, often bilateral or unilateral headache, can be manifested as throbbing pain, throbbing pain and so on. Oral ibuprofen, amitriptyline and other symptomatic treatment. 3. Temporal arteritis: temporal artery elastic membrane inflammatory cell infiltration leads to temporal artery pulsation abnormality, temporal pain, can take oral prednisone, cyclophosphamide and other drugs treatment. 4. Post-herpetic neuralgia: If the head skin is infected with herpes zoster, neuralgia can appear, which can be manifested as a burst of throbbing pain, or cut-like, electric shock-like, tear-like pain. You can take oral pregabalin for symptomatic treatment. After a burst of head pain, it is recommended to consult a doctor in a timely manner, after the cause of the disease is clear, under the guidance of a physician, do not blindly self-medication.