How does one find relief for chronic migraine pain? One would think that the answer would lie within the four walls of their attending physician but sadly that is not always the case. Migraine headaches are like a bad case of acne; the more you try to treat them, the worse they get. The problem with treating migraines is that most people approach the process with poor information or just downright bad advice. Due to their ability to force me and women out of work for several days, prescription medications have become a popular migraine treatment method.
Medical professionals are unable to help their chronic migraine patients to effectively treat migraines successfully due to the lack of medications on the market with the sole purpose of treating migraine pain. For decades, the only form of treatment had been medications such as: antidepressants, antiseizure or blood pressure medicines. The medications mentioned provided little to no relief leaving no other treatment options but solitude.
New Migraine Medication = More Complications?
After decades of failed migraine medications, a new product surfaced that offered new hope to chronic migraine patients. This new treatment is the use of triptans to constrict or narrow the blood vessels in order to prevent their swelling thus limiting the ability and probability of a migraine attack. Why this is effective? A migraine is brought on by the enlarging of the blood vessels in the brain. As the blood vessels grow, they release harmful chemicals into the brain to attack the brains arteries. The attacking of the arteries causes severe migraine symptoms such as nausea, dizziness and blurred vision.
Triptans may seem like a miracle drug to most chronic migraine sufferers; however, a closer look and study of the prescription shows the opposite is true. The narrowing or constricting of the blood vessels have led to many health complications such as: stroke, heart attack and the shutting down of vital organs.
A Better Approach
So, what is a migraine patients supposed to do… keep calling out of work due to the intense throbbing head pain? No, there are other safer methods and approaches to treating migraines.
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Ladainian
13 years ago
This shows real epxertsie. Thanks for the answer.