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migraine meds for children

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lollypop42 · 10/07/2025 20:22

can someone please help with advice about the migraine medicine Pizotifen. My grandson aged 11 has been getting migraines for about nine months. When they come on they are very severe and he says the headache never really goes, it just dulls down until the next big flare up. He’s had every test under the sun but they think it started with a virus. He is not stressed, he loves school and plays plenty of sport.

Has anyone got any of experience of this drug and how their child tolerated it please. We are wary of giving him
any drug long term and always feel like we should second guess the ‘experts’ Please know that i am not an interfering nan, my daughter knows i’m asking. Any thoughts gratefully received. thanks

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softlyfallsthesnow · 11/07/2025 15:58

@lollypop42 I'd strongly suggest to your daughter that she asks her gp for pizotifen too if she's still getting regular migraines.
I hope things improve for both of them Smile

CornedBeef451 · 11/07/2025 20:11

DS tried pizotifen but didn’t have much luck with it. She’s now on Amitriptyline with some success.

Pinkrabitt · 12/07/2025 10:15

My DC has been taking topiramate for about 18 months now with no side effects. Went from having daily migraines to maybe one every three months. Has to be prescribed by the consultant though as our GP won't prescribe it for children.

Those in pizotifen is that prescribed by a GP or consultant?

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