An adult patient is admitted to the hospital with a severe migraine headache. The patient tells the nurse that he has been taking a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug for pain
The nurse under-stands that the most appropriate drug for a patient with a severe migraine is which of the follow-ing drugs? a. Ibuprofen (Motrin)
b. Propranolol (Inderal)
c. Sumatriptan (Imitrex)
d. Verapamil (Calan)
C
Sumatriptan is the medication of choice to abort the severe pain of an actual migraine.
Ibuprofen is used for mild to moderate pain and is not the drug of choice for severe migraine pain.
Propranolol and verapamil are used as preventive therapy for migraines, not to abort the actual pain of a migraine.
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