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Do you counsel patients to acutely treat migraine with aura at the onset of aura or headache?

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Neurology · Albert Einstein College of Medicine

The timing of acute treatments for migraine attacks has been widely discussed for a number of years. Here are some principles:

  1. Once the pain begins, pain-free rates are higher if the patient treats early in the attack, while the pain is still mild. This is broadly true for triptans, NSAIDs, aspirin...

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