A 25-year-old woman experiences recurrent unilateral, throbbing headaches with nausea, suggestive of migraine. Which medication is recommended as firs...

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A 25-year-old woman experiences recurrent unilateral, throbbing headaches with nausea, suggestive of migraine. Which medication is recommended as first-line prophylaxis for frequent migraine in an otherwise healthy adult?

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Propranolol

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Topiramate

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Amitriptyline

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Candesartan

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Botulinum toxin (Botox) injections

MCQ (SBA): Migraine

A 25-year-old woman experiences recurrent unilateral, throbbing headaches with nausea, suggestive of migraine. Which medication is recommended as first-line prophylaxis for frequent migraine in an otherwise healthy adult?