A patient has been prescribed propranolol (Inderal) for migraine headaches. The patient asks the nurse how the medication works. Select the nurse's most appropriate response for this medication's benefits
a. This medication can reduce the number and intensity of migraine attacks.
b. This medication can abort an acute migraine attack.
c. This medication is more effective in women than in men.
d. This medication is especially useful in treating menstrual migraines.
ANS: A
Propranolol can reduce the number and intensity of attacks in approximately 70% of patients, but it does not abort acute attacks.
Propranolol is a preventive treatment for migraines, not an abortive treatment.
Propranolol is not more effective in women than men as a preventive treatment for migraines.
Menstrual migraines are more effectively managed with estrogen therapy, because they are hormone induced.
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