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Migraine

Migraine (1.1B affected; #2 cause of disability) is a neurovascular disorder with unilateral throbbing headache, nausea, and photophobia; CGRP-mediated trigeminovascular activation drives pain; triptans (5-HT1B/D agonists) and anti-CGRP mAbs are first-line treatments.

Also known as: migraine, migraine with aura, migraine without aura, hemiplegic migraine, chronic migraine, episodic migraine, trigeminovascular, cortical spreading depression, CGRP migraine, triptan, sumatriptan

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migraine

Migraine

Migraine (1.1B affected; #2 cause of disability) is a neurovascular disorder with unilateral throbbing headache, nausea, and photophobia; CGRP-mediated trigeminovascular activation drives pain; triptans (5-HT1B/D agonists) and anti-CGRP mAbs are first-line treatments.