Migraine non-drug treatment options
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Migraine non-drug treatment options. Diet, Avoiding trigger factors, Relaxation. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Lifestyle modification
- Diet
- Avoiding trigger factors
- Relaxation
Therapeutic exercise
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Psychological treatments
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Acupuncture
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Complementary treatments
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Other interventional treatments
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Emerging treatments
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Investigational considerations for refractory migraine
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References
- Nicholson R, Buse DC, Andrasik F, Lipton RB. Non-pharmacologic treatments of migraine and tension-type headache: how to choose and when to use. Curr Treat Options Neurol 2011; 13:28-40.
- Varkey E, Cider A, Carlsson J, Linde M. Exercise as migraine prophylaxis: a randomized study using relaxation and titanate as controls. Cephalalgia 2011; 31:1428-1438.
- La Touche R, Fierro-Marrero J, Sánchez-Ruíz I, et al. Prescription of therapeutic exercise in migraine, an evidence-based clinical practice guideline. J Headache Pain 2023; 24:68.
- Holland S, Silberstein SD, Freitag F, Dodick DW, Argoff C, Ashman E. Evidence-based guideline update: NSAIDs and other complementary treatments for episodic migraine prevention in adults. Neurology 2012; 78:1346-1353.
- Liu L, Chen Q, Zhao L, et al. Acupuncture plus topiramate placebo versus topiramate plus sham acupuncture for the preventive treatment of chronic migraine: a single-blind, double-dummy, randomized controlled trial. Cephalalgia 2024; 44:3331024241261080.
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