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by keldaris 3431 days ago
As a fellow European migraine sufferer, my go-to drug of choice is Solpadeine (marketing name, OTC available, contains paracetamol (500mg), codeine (8mg) and caffeine (30mg) in a single pill, you normally take two pills at once. Aspirine is ubiquitous as a separate pill, which I rather like, since I personally rarely benefit from it and some people (notably children, but also people with certain hematological, gastrointestinal and kidney problems) need to be more careful with its use. I also sometimes get migraines that don't seem to respond to Solpadeine, but respond well to simple ibuprofen, so between those two I'm mostly covered. YMMV, of course, I just wanted to note that there's definitely a variety of cheap OTC options available in Europe, you may just need to look around for them.