[Acute migraine treatment]

Migraine is a chronic neurological disorder of recurring and painful episodic headache. Migraine is often associated with functional impairment and leads to important costs in lost productivity. Migraine is underrecognized and undertreated. Diagnosis is based on the reporting headache characteristics and associated symptoms. The physical and neurological examinations are normal. Several drugs are used for acute migraine treatment. Non-narcotic analgesics and NSAIDs can be useful, but a new class of selective 5 HT 1B/1D agonists, known as the triptans, is now commonly prescribed. The efficacy of the treatment can be increased by early administration in an attack.