A new migraine drug could offer hope to sufferers who feel they've tried every other treatment going. A study found people taking the pill had four fewer migraine days each month.
The study involved people who have up to 14days a month. It found people taking the new pill atogepant had an average of four fewer headache days a month.
The 309 people who took part in the study had tried between two and four migraine treatments and found no improvement or side effects that outweighed the benefits. "These results are exciting, as migraine can be debilitating, and this treatment led to fewer days with migraine," said study author Dr Patricia Pozo-Rosich from Vall d'Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona.
Atogepant is an inhibitor and stops a protein that plays a key role in starting the migraine process.Half took the new drug and half took a placebo over a three-month period. Those taking the drug averaged four fewer migraine days, while those on the placebo had two fewer migraine days.There were more people in the drug-taking group who saw their number of migraine days drop by 50% or more.The most common side effects were constipation, which occurred in 10% of those taking atogepant and 3% of those taking the placebo, and nausea, which affected 7% of those taking the drug and 3% of those taking the placebo.
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