snorting headache medicine

Can headache/migraine medicine, both prescription and over the counter, be more effective if snorted or taken in a nasal spray form?

[Dr Sharma]

Hi there. Nasal spray form causes prompter action since this route bypasses the first pass metabolism, which comes in the way of oral route. Drugs in  parenteral route like intravenous also reaches the blood pool and then crosses the blood brain barrier. Nasal route has the benefit that the drug reaches the receptor and begins to act faster. Bioavailability may also be more. Discuss with a pharmacist for more details. You also need to check if the particular drug is available in nasal form. Take care.