Triptans, ergots, and antiemetics were ranked as the top three most effective acute migraine medications in an analysis of 10.8 million users' self-reported records.
I think this explains some of the frustration at trigger modulation. I think we are often trying to modulate a process that has already got started, said Dr Peter Goadsby of King s College London.q
A retrospective observational study of three migraine cohorts in Canada suggests that acute medications, particularly opioids, are overused and that preventive medications are underused.