I read your query and I understand your concern. Migraine is a chronic headache for which two types of treatments are given, the acute attack treatment and preventive one if the attacks are frequent (2 or more per month). You don t say what they ve given you for the attack. Usually common antiinflammatories like Ibuprofene are tried but they have to be taken as early as the attack is installing. Another option are ergot derivatives like ergotamine. Once the attack is established though usually only triptans (zolmitriptan, sumatriptan etc) can abort it. So if you haven t been prescribed them discuss their use in future attacks with your doctor. Regarding preventive treatment, you have started it only yesterday so you have to try it for some weeks to evaluate its effect, it has not been given to you for the current attack, so be patient. The aim is not necessarily to make the attacks disappear but to reduce their frequency. If the treatment you ve just started is not effective enough don t despair and give up, there are different preventive drugs with different mechanisms of action, different classes can be more effective in different patients. So try to be patient and try to have a neurologist follow you up regularly to re-evaluate your treatment in time. I hope to have been of help.