A University of Oxford study suggests that triptans are the most effective migraine treatment, outperforming newer, pricier options.
For decades, inexpensive painkillers like aspirin and ibuprofen, along with triptans—drugs that narrow blood vessels in the brain to block migraine-triggering chemicals—have been prescribed for migraines. Recently, a new generation of more expensive migraine drugs called gepants, which block the release of a protein involved in pain, have also emerged.
