Migraine treatment recommendations developed by an Expert Group of the Polish Headache Society, the Headache Section of the Polish Neurological Society, and the Polish Pain Society.

The article presents the guidelines on the treatment of migraine developed by the European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS). Topics include migraine being a chronic and genetically determined disease characterised by the occurrence of headache attacks; criteria for migraine attack met when the pain subsides after treatment with triptan or ergotamine; and pain pathways in the central nervous system being activated during a migraine attack.