New migraine drug: A neurologist explains how it works
- Written by Yulia Orlova, Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Florida
Pain from migraine headaches is a major cause of disability. A new drug could prevent them, in some cases.R. Nial Bradshaw/Flickr, CC BY-SAThe FDA announced approval on May 17 of a novel preventive treatment for migraine headaches. Aimovig is the first in a new class of migraine-specific drugs that works by blocking an action of a protein that is...
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