Although the new recommendation means people with migraine may get quicker access to the new generation of medications, it doesn’t mean throwing the proverbial baby out with the bathwater.
"With many current drugs to prevent migraine, it takes time to find the right dosage for the individual and it can take weeks or even months for it to be most effective," said study author Richard B.
The effectiveness of new migraine treatments has been compared to paracetamol in a new study, which suggests drugs developed in the 1990s should be more widely promoted to patients with the ...
and there was a "high unmet need for treatment options". Robert Music, chief executive of The Migraine Trust, said the decision "brings new hope" by reducing the pain and length of a migraine attack.
This new evidence review was funded by AbbVie, the maker of Qulipta. Qulipta and other CGRP-blocking drugs tend to be much more expensive than older migraine drugs, according to the Association of ...
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One migraine charity described it as a positive ... However, the charity warned that many people had struggled to access similar new drugs, because of a lack of knowledge among doctors, and ...