Pain is a defining symptom of migraine, and patients with migraine have identified rapid relief of pain as a critical attribute of acute migraine therapy. Other outcomes beyond pain that are important to the well-being of migraine sufferers include preserving functional ability and absence of migraine-associated symptoms (nausea, photophobia, and phonophobia). No study to our knowledge has examined the relationship between rapid pain relief and other symptoms/outcomes associated with migraine.
