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Acute and prophylactic treatments for migraine: present and future
1The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA. alanrapoport@gmail.com
Abstract:
Herein I will present general principles of acute-care and preventive therapy of migraine, both in the present and the future. Details of currently used migraine acute-care therapies with their contraindications, drug-drug interactions and adverse events will be presented. Details of migraine preventive therapies with their adverse events and drug-drug interactions will be discussed. Some over-the-counter vitamins, minerals and herbs, used as preventive therapy in migraine, will be discussed. Future treatments in the pipeline will be briefly detailed.
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