Advances in migraine prevention - PubMed
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- Migraine imposes a heavy burden on patients and societies.
- Preventive treatments for migraine have been underused, leading to reliance on acute treatments that can worsen the condition.
- Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-targeting drugs are a new class of migraine-specific treatment with proven efficacy and tolerability.
- CGRP-targeting therapies offer better adherence and disease control compared to non-migraine-specific treatments.
- Migraine-specific drugs benefit patients who did not respond to non-specific preventive medications.
- Increased use of migraine-specific preventive treatments is improving disease management and quality of life for patients.