If you're experiencing frequent, disabling migraine attacks after the first trimester, you will need to use prevention therapy. If non-medication prevention treatments (such as relaxation therapy and stress management) are not effective, you may need a prevention medication. In general, it's better for you and the baby to take a safe prevention drug than to use excessive analgesic medications or risk poor nutrition and dehydration.
If you're experiencing frequent, disabling migraine attacks after
the first trimester, you will need to use prevention therapy. If
non-medication prevention treatments (such as relaxation therapy
and stress management) are not effective, you...
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Dr. Dawn Marcus answered:If you're experiencing frequent, disabling migraine attacks after the first trimester, you will need to use prevention therapy. If non-medication prevention treatments (such as relaxation therapy and stress management) are not effective, you may need a prevention medication. In general, it's better for you and the baby to take a safe prevention drug than to use excessive analgesic medications or risk poor nutrition and dehydration.
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