Top Transdermal Migraine Treatments

For those of you who have never suffered a migraine, it may be hard to understand the seriousness of them. First of all, be thankful. Secondly, let's look at what a migraine is. A migraine is a severe episodic headache that causes severe pain, vision disturbances, and nausea. Since the gastrointestinal symptoms of nausea and vomiting affect over 90% of migraine sufferers, this can interfere with the ability to take oral medication. For this reason, we will look at some of the top transdermal, or absorbed through the skin, treatments for migraines.

In Clinical Trial and Proving Successful

The active ingredient in Imitrex, a popular oral migraine treatment is sumatriptan. This in combination with iontophoretic transdermal patch delivery will be the new relief for migraine sufferers. Iontophoresis uses low-level electrical energy to transport the drug across the skin. The patch is activated when in contact with the skin due to the dampness of the skin which starts the electrical current.

Right now there are many treatments available on the market. They are available over-the-counter and since they do not have drugs in them, they can be used in conjunction with your current migraine medication.

Well Patch Cooling Headache Pads, Migraine

These pads are disposable and come in a box of six. These pads are used as cooling therapy for migraine sufferers and safe to use with medication. They cool without refrigeration and are safe for both adults and children.

Head On Migraine Relief

Surely you have heard these advertisements, 'Apply Directly to Forehead'. When these products first came out it was for headache treatment, but now they have branched out and have the migraine and sinus headache products as well. No two headaches are alike. This is a roll-on treatment applied to the skin and is both invisible and non-greasy.

Lidocaine Cream

Lidocaine cream applied to the forehead during a migraine headache can provide rapid pain relief for some migraine patients. Lidocaine apparently works to stop the migraine by carrying painkilling messages from the peripheral nerves back to the areas in the brain where migraines are believed to start.

HoMedics TheraP Hot/Cold Therapy Eye Mask with the Power of Magnets

Soothe away the migraine with either hot or hold therapy. Eight powerful neodymium magnets are also in this mask and have been shown to enhance the relief of pain and improve blood flow.

Migraine Headache Neurological Pain Relief Device

This is an alternative treatment for migraines that is worn on the wrist and is 100% titanium material. Titanium provides the unique characteristics to transfer pain signals from your body to the capacitor on your wrist. The capacitor reduces the electrical pain signal along the nerve pathway to the brain and modifies the incoming pain signal, which reduces the sensation of pain.

"Zelrix-The first and only transdermal Treatment for Acute Migraines." NuPathe-New Pathways in Neuroscience. 29 October 2009. http://www.nupathe.com/description-3-5/research_and_development__zelrix_-_acute_migraine.html>