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Have you seen improvement in non-migraine-type headaches with the usage of drugs targeting CGRP?

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Neurology · UCLA

For prevention, I have only used the 4 monoclonal antibodies or the 2 preventive gepants for documented migraine with and without aura, and also for cluster headache. I tend to use the one that is approved for cluster headache, eptinezumab, at the higher dose of 300 mg via IV infusion.

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Neurology · Greater Boston Headache Center at Boston Advanced Medicine

In general, I would say that with CGRP-targeted medications, antibodies, or gepants, I have seen improvement across the board. I can also, however, remember cases with chronic migraine and daily and continuous headache, in which the migraine headaches improved, but the patient was left with the dail...

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