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...It blocks a protein, called CGRP, believed to be overproduced by people with chronic migraine....

...With newly FDA-approved treatments for migraine like Gammacore and CGRP, health insurers are slow to decide whether and how much to cover....

...Since 2018, five more CGRPs have been approved and prescribed for preventative and acute migraine treatment....

...The recent CGRP drugs initially had a LOT of hype about dramatic impacts for the majority of people who tried them....

...When I do experience them, their duration and intensity are shorter and less miserable than they used to be, and I haven't needed to receive IV treatment...

...This means that I currently use multiple medications to manage my migraine prevention treatment....

...Aside from the 3 FDA-approved injection medications, there are CGRP tablets, Nurtec ODT and Ubrevly, and a CGRP IV infusion, Vyepti....

...Then there was the moment I heard about the migraine preventive medication called “CGRP.”...

...If we are either uninsured, or underinsured, we may be expected to pay anywhere from $300 to $3000 a month to maintain the CGRP treatments....

...I held fast to the idea that a new treatment would be the one that worked....

...I have found that the CGRP (calcitonin gene-related peptide) inhibitors have helped reduce the pain of my constant attacks....

...I would encourage anyone who is suffering from migraine disease to talk to their doctor about trying the CGRP drugs....

...I told her that my pain specialist had just asked me what my goal of treatment was, and that my answer was the same as it's always been: I...

...Triptans and Cetafly (tailor-made for migraine treatment/prevention) and Botox and Topamax (created for other purposes but found effective for the treatment...