Drug Class Drug Dose Range Adverse Effects/Contraindications
Beta-adrenoceptor blockers[78]
  • Propranolol
  • Metoprolol
  • Timolol
  • 80-240 mg
  • 50-150 mg
  • 10-20 mg
  • Contraindicated in asthma, syncope, heart block
Antidepressants
  • Amitriptyline
  • Nortriptyline
  • Venlafaxine
  • 10-150 mg
  • 25-100 mg
  • 37.5-150 mg
  • Somnolence
  • Insomnia, hypertension
Calcium-channel blockers
  • 180-480 mg
  • Constipation, hypotension, edema
Antiepileptic drugs[78]
  • Divalproex sodium
  • Topiramate
  • Gabapentin
  • 200-1500 mg
  • 25-150 mg
  • 300-1800 mg
  • Weight gain, thrombocytopenia, tremor
  • Renal calculi, amnesia, glaucoma, dysequilibrium, weight loss
CGRP monoclonal antibodies
  • Erenumab
  • Galcanezumab
  • 70 to 140 mg every four weeks, subcutaneously
  • 120 mg monthly subcut
  • Injection site reactions, muscle spasms, hypersensitivity reaction
  • Injection site reactions, vertigo, pruritus, constipation

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