Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and triptans are recommended first line treatments for acute migraine therapy. Opioids may produce increased sensitivity to pain and increase the risk that intermittent headache attacks will become more frequent and escalate to a chronic daily headache syndrome (medication overuse headache), particularly when opioids are used on 10 days a month or more. Opioids may impair alertness and produce dependence or addiction syndromes.
Conditions: acute migraine attacks, headache syndrome, addition syndromes
Diagnostic Tests: xyz
Treatments: analgesics, pain killers, opioids, barbiturates, Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), triptans
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