All 3 patients had two additional atherosclerotic or nonatherosclerotic risk factors for stroke, suggesting that vertebral artery hypoplasia combined with other conventional risk factors may provide an optimal background for brainstem ischemia.
Category B anti-headache medications include Tylenol (acetaminophen); Reglan (metoclopramide), which is used for nausea but also may relieve a mild headache; and over-the-counter non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as Advil and Motrin (ibuprofen) or Aleve (naproxen) only during the first and second trimesters.
Itâs fairly normal to get headaches when youâre pregnant, especially in the first trimester (NHS Choices 2015). Headaches in pregnancy tend to be either tension-type headaches or migraines (Bothamley and Boyle 2009, MacGregor 2012). Tension headaches won't affect your baby (MacGregor 2012, NHS Choices 2015). Your baby won't be harmed while you're having a migraine either. However, getting migraines during pregnancy is linked with an increased risk of high blood pressure and pre-eclampsia (MacGregor 2012, NICE 2014).