CGRP Treatments: The Success Stories...The new CGRP treatments are certainly a hot topic....Reactions0reactionsComments10 comments
Emgality (galcanezumab-gnlm)...Emgality works by attaching to the CGRP protein. Research shows that levels of CGRP are higher during a migraine attack....
Updates on Promising New Migraine Drugs...CGRP plays an important role in migraine—a person’s CGRP levels are much higher during migraine attacks than between attacks and CGRP also transmitting...Reactions0reactionsComments15 comments
Trying Oral Preventives That Target CGRP...I’m so glad my doctor urged me to consider oral preventives that target CGRP....Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
Migraine Treatment and the COVID-19 Vaccine...While CGRP may play a role in immune response, clinical trials do not show the drugs to suppress the immune response....Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Worries About CGRP Drugs...CGRP has never been targeted before, so we don’t know what the outcomes could be over time....Reactions0reactionsComments12 comments
Emgality: 18 Months Later...I would encourage anyone who is suffering from migraine disease to talk to their doctor about trying the CGRP drugs....Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
How to Use Emgality Self-Injector...Many of us are sent home with the Emgality self-injector, a delivery device for the CGRP treatment medication, after perhaps one demonstration by our physicians...Reactions0reactionsComments44 comments
My Complex Migraine Preventative Treatment...Aimovig works by blocking CGRP receptors in the brain, preventing CGRP from attaching and causing migraine attacks....Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Interview with Lisa Benson on Chronic Migraine and New Treatments...I have heard some great success stories and other stories of failure with the CGRP meds....Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Ditans for Migraine...CGRP is a small protein that sends signals in the brain. It has an important role in migraine pain....Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Community Views: CGRP Personal Experiences...I am one step away from my bachelor’s degree, and I have a CGRP to thank!”...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
CGRP Treatments: Insurance and Cost Barriers...For a lot of members in the community, the cost of trying the CGRP drugs is the limiting factor....Reactions0reactionsComments7 comments
Pathophysiology of Migraine...CGRP is a brain chemical found in nerve cells. CGRP appears to control how the trigeminovascular system transmits pain signals....
Risk Factors & Causes for Migraine...CGRP is a brain chemical found in nerve cells. CGRP seems to control how the trigeminovascular system sends pain signals....
CGRP comment...Some of us are allergic to latex. One of the allergies and migraine triggers is LTP, lipid transfer proteins. Now way am I going to take any peptide-containing medication. Peptides...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
CGRP Worked-- For A While...Should I try a different CGRP? I really did not get any relief from other preventatives. Has anyone had any experience switching CGRP drugs?...Reactions0reactionsComments11 comments
CGRP Inhibitors and Realistic Expectations...Never was this more obvious than with the emergence of the new CGRP inhibitor medications in 2018: Aimovig, Ajovy and Emgality....Reactions0reactionsComments22 comments
Your Opinion Matters...As a patient who will likely use one of the CGRP blocking drugs, I appreciate that the drug companies care what I think....Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments