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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
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 | |||
| Oxygen | 6.02 | 64 | |||
| Imigran-injection: | 6.15 | 33 | |||
| Prednisone : | 4.82 | 49 | |||
| Imigran-nasal spray: | 4.16 | 49 | |||
| Narcotics | 4.14 | 28 | |||
| DHE injections | 4.11 | 9 | |||
| Zomig | 4.09 | 22 | |||
| Rizatriptan: | 3.80 | 10 | |||
| Imigran-tablet: | 3.09 | 56 | |||
| Cafergot | 3.33 | 30 | |||
| Hot/cold compress | 3.40 | 63 | |||
| Lithium | 3.06 | 16 | |||
| Dihydroergotamine | 3.00 | 15 | |||
| Verapmil: | 3.08 | 38 | |||
| Lidocaine | 2.58 | 12 | |||
| Methysergide | 3.00 | 9 | |||
| Deseril: | 2.76 | 29 | |||
| Ergotamine tablets | 2.89 | 27 | |||
| Acupuncture: | 2.53 | 36 | |||
| Herbal remedies | 2.29 | 28 | |||
| Relpax: | 2.14 | 7 | |||
| Frovatriptan: | 2.14 | 7 | |||
| Amerge | 1.83 | 6 | |||
| Migranal nasal spray | 1.25 | 12 | |||
| Naratriptan: | 1.83 | 12 | |||
| Phenylpropanolamine | 1.00 | 3 |