[xorcist]

According to Wikipedia, Aspirin is a trade name for acetylsalicylic acid which is apparently marketed as Ascriptin, Aspegic, Aspidol, and Flectadol in Italy. (Switching language in Wikipedia works great as a translation tool!) Acetaminophen is just paracetamol, apparently common Italian brands are Panadol, Efferalgan and Tachipirina.

It is well known that they can be taken together for better effect, which is hopefully what your doctor would recommend trying before trying any stronger stuff. Caffeine helps contract the blood vessels which is especially helpful during migraines. You should be able to buy combination pills with acetylsalicylic acid which is a tried dosage.

Hope that helps your mother. Migraines aren't fun in the slighest.

[maxerickson]

I think something went wrong here: Acetaminophen is a trade name for acetylsalicylic acid.

Acetaminophen is the name of a drug not a trade name (trade name in the US is Tylenol), and acetylsalicylic acid is aspirin.

[xorcist]

Oh, sorry! Wikipedia turned out a lot of interesting stuff about pain medication and their respective trade names in different countries (who knew there was an article on "Paracetamol trade names"?), but I failed the copy/paste bit.

[maxerickson]

If you have a minute I would encourage you to fix it. No need to stand by a copy paste error.