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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
Topamax	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 = Usally 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:	6.27	83
Topamax	5.85	26
Oxygen	5.62	171
Imigran-nasal spray:	4.78	144
Narcotics	4.22	76
Prednisone	4.18	135
Cafergot	4.09	100
DHE injections	4.05	19
Zomig	3.58	53
Imigran-tablet:	3.53	175
Rizatriptan:	3.30	27
Hot/cold compress	3.22	185
Verapmil:	3.17	114
Lidocaine	3.14	29
Deseril:	3.13	80
Dihydroergotamine	3.11	38
Ergotamine tablets	3.04	77
Methysergide	3.00	31
Lithium	2.57	46
Relpax:	2.67	21
Acupuncture:	2.45	98
Naratriptan:	2.11	28
Herbal remedies	2.03	77
Migranal nasal spray	1.91	33
Frovatriptan:	1.85	13
Phenylpropanolamine	1.75	12
Amerge	1.45	11