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...CGRP inhibitors are a group of drugs used to manage and treat migraine disease and cluster headaches. CGRP stands for calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor. CGRP is a protein that is...

...Migraine is one of the most common neurological disorders, found in around 6 percent of men and 18 percent of women. People living with migraine often use a combination of...

...Botox (onabotulinumtoxin A) is an injectable preventive treatment. It is approved to treat people with chronic migraine. Chronic migraine is defined as headache occurring on 15 or more days per...

...Antiepileptic drugs are medicines used to help treat epilepsy or seizures. They are also called anticonvulsants or antiseizure drugs. While these medicines are often used to treat seizures, they also...

...Beta-blockers are a type of medicine commonly used to treat high blood pressure. But beta-blockers can also be an effective migraine preventive treatment. Beta-blockers are taken by mouth every day...

...Triptans are a type of medicine used to treat migraine attacks. Triptans do not prevent most attacks. Instead, the drugs are used as an acute treatment. That means triptans are...

...Preventative migraine treatments are meant to reduce the number, severity, and duration of migraine attacks. Preventative methods may also be used during a migraine attack to help your acute treatment...

...Dihydroergotamine mesylate (DHE) and ergotamine tartrate (ET) belong to a class of drugs known as ergot alkaloids. They are also called ergots or ergot derivatives. Ergots are some of the...

...Acute migraine treatments are used to stop a migraine attack or get relief from symptoms. If the treatment is a drug, it may also be called an "abortive" or “rescue”...