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  1. Headaches: Treatment depends on your diagnosis and symptoms - Mayo Clinic

    Medication overuse headaches, which occur from overusing pain medications for headaches for at least three months. These headaches occur at least 15 days ...

  2. Migraine - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    Prescription drugs such as sumatriptan (Imitrex, Tosymra) and rizatriptan (Maxalt, Maxalt-MLT) are used to treat migraine because they block pain pathways in ...

  3. Tension headache - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    These include aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin IB, others) and naproxen sodium (Aleve). Combination medicines. Aspirin, acetaminophen (Tylenol, others) or both ...

  4. Sinus headaches - Diagnosis & treatment - Mayo Clinic

    ... drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat migraines. They're given monthly or quarterly by injection. Anti-nausea medications. Because ...

  5. Chronic daily headaches - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    Beta blockers. These drugs, commonly used to treat high blood pressure, are also a mainstay for preventing episodic migraines. · Anti-seizure medications. Some ...

  6. Headache Medicine Ergot-Derivative-Containing (Oral Route, Parenteral Route, Rectal Route) Description and Brand Names - Mayo Clinic

    Dihydroergotamine and ergotamine belong to the group of medicines known as ergot alkaloids. They are used to treat severe, throbbing headaches, such as migraine ...

  7. TUESDAY Q & A: Overuse of over-the-counter medication for headaches may start to contribute to the problem

    DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am a 55-year-old woman and have had headaches my entire life. In the past, ibuprofen would get rid of a headache rather quickly, ...

  8. Migraine with aura - Diagnosis & treatment - Mayo Clinic

    Prescription drugs such as sumatriptan (Imitrex, Tosymra) and rizatriptan (Maxalt, Maxalt-MLT) are used to treat migraine because they block pain pathways in ...

  9. Medication overuse headaches - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    When medicines that ease headache pain are used too often, they can start causing headaches. Learn about prevention and treatment.

  10. Headaches in children - Diagnosis & treatment - Mayo Clinic

    Caution: Overuse of medications is itself a contributing factor to headaches (medication overuse headache). Over time, painkillers and other medications may ...