Specialized medicines for headache include medicines for attack period and medicines for prevention period.
1. Medications for attacks: Aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen, etc. can be used for mild-moderate headaches, and if they are ineffective, pethidine, ergotamine, dihydroergotamine, etc. can be used.
Moderate-to-severe headaches can be treated with treprostinil preparations such as sumatriptan, zolmitriptan, and also ergotamine-caffeine combinations. Calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor antagonists are specific drugs discovered in recent years to terminate migraine.
2. Drugs used in the preventive period: commonly used are propranolol, metoprolol, flunarizine, verapamil, valproic acid, topiramate, gabapentin and so on.
Drugs should be used under the guidance of physicians.