Goals of long-term migraine treatment	Goals for successful treatment of acute migraine attacks
Reduce migraine frequency and severity	Treat migraine attacks rapidly and consistently without recurrence
Reduce disability	Restore the patient's ability to function
Improve quality of life	Minimize the use of back-up and rescue medications*
Prevent headache	Optimize self-care for overall management
Avoid escalation of headache medication use	Be cost-effective in overall management
Educate and enable patients to manage their disease	Cause minimal or no adverse effects