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Medications and their effectiveness

Please rate the effectiveness of the following based on your personal experience.

Rough Guide:
1 = Did nothing to help
5 = Usually Got rid of or successfully prevented an attack, or shortened it a lot
10 = Got rid of or successfully prevented an attack almost every time

Imigran Injection	not tried 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Imigran Nasal	not tried 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Imigran Tablet	not tried 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Verapmil	not tried 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Deseril	not tried 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Prednisone	not tried 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Naratriptan	not tried 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Rizatriptan	not tried 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Frovatriptan	not tried 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Relpax	not tried 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Acupuncture	not tried 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Oxygen	not tried 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Lidocaine	not tried 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Dihydroergotamine	not tried 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Methoxyflurane	not tried 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Phenylpropanolamine	not tried 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Hot/cold compress	not tried 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Methysergide	not tried 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Lithium	not tried 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Maxalt	not tried 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Amerge	not tried 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Zomig	not tried 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ergotamine tablets	not tried 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Cafergot	not tried 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
DHE injections	not tried 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Migranal nasal spray	not tried 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Stadol nasal spray	not tried 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Narcotics	not tried 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Herbal remedies	not tried 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Current Results:

Rough Guide:
1 = Did nothing to help
5 = Uusally Got rid of or sucessfully prevented an attack, or shortened it a lot
10 = Got rid of or sucessfully prevented an attack almost every time

Drug	score /10	votes
Imigran-injection:	6.54	67
Oxygen	5.68	130
Prednisone :	4.34	99
Imigran-nasal spray:	4.57	106
DHE injections	4.23	13
Narcotics	4.22	59
Zomig	3.74	39
Cafergot	4.20	75
Hot/cold compress	3.20	139
Rizatriptan:	3.65	20
Imigran-tablet:	3.51	140
Dihydroergotamine	3.00	26
Ergotamine tablets	3.24	59
Verapmil:	2.93	84
Lithium	2.54	37
Methysergide	3.40	20
Lidocaine	2.82	22
Deseril:	3.10	62
Phenylpropanolamine	2.13	8
Acupuncture:	2.55	80
Naratriptan:	2.15	20
Herbal remedies	2.08	60
Relpax:	3.00	11
Frovatriptan:	2.00	9
Amerge	1.71	7
Migranal nasal spray	1.58	24