Introduction Melatonin has been studied in headache disorders. Amitriptyline is efficacious for migraine prevention, but its unfavourable side effect profile limits its use. Methods A randomised, ...

Amitriptyline has been studied more for migraine prevention than nortriptyline, but both medications have long histories of being prescribed for migraine and tension-type headache. Nortriptyline ...

Main Results Propranolol, topiramate, pizotifen, amitriptyline and gabapentin ... studies are needed to examine their effectiveness for preventing paediatric migraine. Barnes N. ( 2019) ‘Migraine ...

Preventive antimigraine therapy (PAM) should probably not be considered until the headache frequency exceeds ... 1 studies for PAM – propranolol, amitriptyline, topiramate, valproate and gabapentin.

There was no difference in the percentage, with 90% or greater headache reduction at 1 month between children treated by withdrawal of analgesic drugs only and those receiving preventive ...

In 3 out 12 it was the first drug tried for migraine prophylaxis and was successful in decreasing the frequency and severity of headache in 2 of these children ... Topiramate, Amitriptyline or Sodium ...