techwizard

Hi,

I have a terrible migraine !!!!

Not being in the UK, I cant go to the chemist and buy Migraleve - http://www.migraleve.co.uk/ , my usual brand, over the counter.

Does anyone know if it is available in Canada ?

If not, is there anything close to it ?

My mum brought some over on a recent trip, but I am down to my last few.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

GW

Lorna999

Yup, there are quite a few equivalents. Just ask over the counter! I am an ER nurse here, and we often sent patients to the pharmacy for stuff like that as we don't stock it ourselves. Hope you feel better x

shelley748

best one I have found is Advil Migraine.

Jerseygirl

Migraleve is the only med that works for me. I've used it for years...when it used to be prescription only. I don't think you can get it in Canada...I once asked a pharmacist in Toronto. She looked it up and couldn't find an equivalent.

I can't get it in the US...even though it's made a few miles from where I live.

minimeeze

Migraleve yellow is basically co-codamol. Tylenol 3's I guess would be the closest thing but the codeine content is much higher in T3's (30mg vs 8mg in Migraleve). As for the pink, it's the above plus an antihistamine, and I believe that 'Marzine' is the equivalent in Canada. Hope that helps

pdarwin

I am a migraine sufferer and I take the Advil gel capsules here in Canada.
To be honest though, if you have a full blown migraine there's little you can do but wait it out.

CanadaJimmy

Oh on a related note Paracetamol is called Acetaminophen in Canada.

For a migraine you'd probably want something stronger but this difference confused me at first :P

Silverdragon102

Guess what is on my shopping list when my mum comes and visits later this year. Hubby swears by it and tried several equivalent meds here in Canada but he says doesn't work.

Pebblebeach

Thank you CanadaJimmy. Confused me too.

SandyWales

I get Migraines too, and in the UK I used to be prescribed Sumatripan which didn't make the migraine go away, but it shortened the attack to just a few hours. You can get it here too as I got some a few weeks ago, but it needs to be prescribed as it's not an over the counter medicine.

techwizard

Many thanks to everyone who sent a reply.

I will take a list of names to the chemist and see what I can find.

Best wishes.

GW

Howick

As others have stated, if you are a genuine migraine sufferer, the 'ducks nut' in terms of medication, I have found, is Zomig- spray.....& finally an alternative to Imogran/trex. Of course, you will need a prescription, but if you suffer from migraines, you should at the very least, give Zomig a go. Nothing's perfect, but this is a step up for me on the rest of what's historically been available.

Mhut

Hi there,

I second Zomig too, as I get migraines real bad and this is the only medication after trying zillions of different ones that works and subsides in 20 minutes as long as you take it the minute you feel a migraine coming on.