What abortive and preventative treatments have you found to be helpful for a vestibular migraine?
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Neurology · Barrow Neurological Institute
I still treat using the same medication guidelines as for any migraine presentation. I am more likely to try venlafaxine in these patients. For off-label/guidelines, I am also more likely to try gabapentin and acetazolamide. In addition to pharmacologist management, I have a low threshold to refer f...
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Neurology · Greater Boston Headache Center at Boston Advanced Medicine
If vestibular migraine is indeed an entity, of which I am by far convinced, the pharmacotherapy aligns with general migraine management. This includes triptans and gepants for abortive treatment and gepants along with CGRP antibodies for preventive measures. The objectives are to achieve complete he...