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Prevention medication for migraine
By Mayo Clinic staffPreventive therapy can help keep migraines from occurring. Preventive therapy may be an option if:
- You have two or more debilitating headaches a month
- You take pain-relieving medication more than twice a week
- Acute medication doesn't provide sufficient relief or doesn't work at all
- Overuse of acute medications leads to rebound headaches
- The side effects of acute treatment are bothersome, even if the treatment effectively stops pain
- You experience an uncommon variety of migraine that may increase your risk of brain damage
