I'm a migraine sufferer and used to use mersyndol pre-preg. Since then, I've used the head wrap too - with a stretchy bandage - plus peppermint tea and sometimes a wheat bag on my shoulders/neck if it seems the pain is being triggered from there. If heat doesn't seem right for your type of headache, I've also used my 'cold' wheat bag - a calico bag that has peppermint as well as the wheat and that livesin the freezer. Nice and soothing on a throbbing head (not neck muscles). Good luck!