Excedrin Migraine By AnnB on Sep 29, 2007 - Updated Oct 15, 2011

Excedrin Migraine is the pain reliever of choice for those people who. like me, are unable to take prescription migraine medications such as Relpax and Zomig. The caplets are easy to swallow and contain caffeine, aspirin, and acetomenophin - the generic name for Tylenol. In my experience, one caplet when you first feel a headache coming on seems to do the trick, even though the package directions say to take 2 caplets every 6 hours as long as you are having headache symptoms. There are times when I do have to go ahead and take that second caplet, though, when I have a stubborn headache that just doesn't seem to want to go away. This usually knocks the pain out, but the excessive caffiene (65 mg in each caplet) sometimes will make me jittery and nauseated. These side effects can be worth getting rid of a headache, but for this reason, I start out with only one caplet.

Excedrin Migraine is also good for other aches and pains, but is made for migraines, hence the name. I am glad there is a non-prescription option for headache pain, and I highly recommend Excedrin Migraine.