Effectiveness and Safety of CGRP-mAbs in Menstrual-Related Migraine: A Real-World Experience.

Pain and Therapy
Marcello SilvestroAntonio Russo

Abstract

Migraine shows a significantly higher prevalence in women, especially during reproductive age when menstrual-related hormonal fluctuations represent the most common migraine trigger. Indeed, over 50% of patients report a higher occurrence of migraine attacks during the perimenstrual window. Menstrual migraine attacks are consistently referred to as more disabling, less responsive to symptomatic treatments, longer in duration, and more prone to relapse than non-menstrual migraine attacks. Evidence strongly suggests that estrogen fluctuations are involved in migraine attacks worsening during the perimenstrual window through several mechanisms directly or indirectly involving the CGRP pathway. We aimed to evaluate whether mAbs blocking CGRP-ligand or receptor (CGRP-mAbs) could represent an effective and safe preventive treatment for menstrual migraine attacks in patients with menstrual-related migraine (MRM) with previous treatment failures. Forty patients with MRM with at least three previous treatment failures received monthly CGRP-mAbs. At the baseline and after six CGRP-mAbs administrations, patients underwent to extensive interviews to assess frequency, duration, intensity, and responsiveness to painkiller intake of migraine ...Continue Reading

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