He also asks which antacid works best, as he is having a little bit of nausea from his lunch meal. The most common types of headache are tension and migraine. A tension headache is normally described as a tightening or pressing pain of mild to moderate intensity. It normally affects both sides of the head. A migraine headache is pulsating, tends to be more severe, and starts out on one side of the head.
Nausea is more common with migraine.
Although the differential diagnosis of headaches can be difficult, the treatment of both types is often very similar. Ron is experiencing many of the classic signs of a migraine without aura. Migraine headaches may be spurred by trigger factors. Our main goal with this patient is to reduce or eliminate the pain and allow him to function normally. To treat the nausea from migraine, metoclopramide is the drug of choice.