A course of anti-inflammatories usually, such as prednisone. I've developed an allergy to it (which was a fun trip to the ER), so I'm on meloxicam, which is in the same class but not as effective. The course will last for 5-10 days, but will normally break the migraine in 2-3 days.
You can also go to urgent care or the ER and get a shot of demerol/phenergan to knock the headache out quickly. Neurologists _hate_ when we do this because it's an opioid. For really entrenched migraines, it can come back as soon as the shot wears off. I had a nasty 23 day long migraine where I had 2 shots and it kept coming back. I went on a 10 day course of meloxicam and it finally died.
Are you on a preventative like topamax? It works for a lot of people. Also, do you belong to the migraines community? Lots of good people there. :)
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Date: 2009-08-22 02:05 am (UTC)You can also go to urgent care or the ER and get a shot of demerol/phenergan to knock the headache out quickly. Neurologists _hate_ when we do this because it's an opioid. For really entrenched migraines, it can come back as soon as the shot wears off. I had a nasty 23 day long migraine where I had 2 shots and it kept coming back. I went on a 10 day course of meloxicam and it finally died.
Are you on a preventative like topamax? It works for a lot of people. Also, do you belong to the migraines community? Lots of good people there. :)