Migraines Health Center

The medical history and physical examination are the most important. Your physician will need to know about all of the medications you are taking, including over-the-counter medicines. Discuss with your physician if you need to take pain medication more than 3 days a week or more than 10 days in a month since you may be experiencing rebound (a cycle of headache pain that recurs when each dose of medication wears off). Rarely, imaging studies are used to make certain that your headaches are not caused by a problem other than migraines.