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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. 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, ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. 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 ...

  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 ...