Migraine

The professor and chair of neuroscience at UT Southwestern Medical Center offered an overview on his keynote lecture presented at AHS 2025 on the circadian clock in relation to headache.

Patients using intranasal zavegepant for acute migraines report significant pain relief and improved daily functioning, highlighting its real-world effectiveness.

The professor of neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine talked about new findings presented at AHS, which suggested that both men and women with migraine can face significantly increased risks of ischemic stroke. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

The associate professor of neurology at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine discussed findings presented at AHS 2025 from a post hoc analysis of the phase 3b DELIVER study testing eptinezumab in patients with migraine. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

A recent survey reveals rimegepant's effectiveness for short-term migraine prevention, highlighting user demographics, triggers, and treatment strategies.

Chia-Chun Chiang, MD, associate professor of neurology at Mayo Clinic Rochester, discussed how AI-based ECG and imaging tools can aid in predicting stroke and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with migraine.

The chair of neurology at the University of South Carolina discussed findings from a study recently presented at AHS 2025 that linked migraine to autonomic dysfunction, increased risk of atrial fibrillation, and cardioembolic stroke. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

The neurologist and headache specialist at the Montreal Neurological Clinic spoke about a recent national survey presented at AHS 2025 that revealed insightful patient perspectives in migraine. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

Jennifer Robblee, MD, MSc, headache neurologist at the Barrow Neurological Institute, talked about an expert panel that developed a consensus definition for refractory migraine.

Nathaniel M. Schuster, MD, associate clinic director at the UC San Diego, talked about findings from a study of vaporized cannabis in treating patients with acute migraine presented at AHS 2025.

Laura Sebrow, PhD, a post doctoral neuropsychology fellow at North Shore University Hospital, discussed the relationship between patients’ reported cognitive difficulties and measurable cognitive performance during different migraine phases.

Marcela Romero-Reyes, DDS, PhD, FAHS, director of the Brotman Facial Pain Clinic at the University of Maryland, discussed a promising and potentially safer therapeutic approach for managing trigeminal neuropathic pain.

Markted as Brekiya, Amneal Pharmaceuticals’ newly approved therapy offers a self-administered version of dihydroergotamine mesylate for adults with migraine or cluster headache.

Theranica's FDA-cleared, drug-free migraine device gains expanded access, more than doubling coverage to 80 million Americans as young as 8 years old who are diagnosed with migraine.

Satsuma’s STS101 nasal powder becomes the first and only DHE nasal powder for the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura in adults.

A recently published meta-analysis reported that fatty acid supplementation, particularly omega-3, may significantly reduce severity, duration, and frequency of migraine in patients.

The professor of neurology at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth discussed the clinical rollout of CT-132, a newly FDA-approved digital therapeutic for migraine, and the educational needs facing the neurology community. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

The switch from 1 anti-CGRP monoclonal antibody to another led to a significant reduction in monthly headache days, regardless of target mechanism, dose history, or time between treatments.

A recently published phase 1 study revealed that coadministration of intranasal zavegepant with an oral contraceptive did not lead to clinically significant changes in drug exposure.

Although the study reported no evidence linking human leukocyte antigen alleles to migraine, the findings were not replicated, suggesting the HLA system may not be involved in migraine susceptibility.

The director of the UCLA Goldberg Migraine Program discussed the advantages, evidence base, and evolving payor support for CGRP-targeting therapies as potentially a first-line option in migraine prevention. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

Findings showed that atogepant 60 mg once daily demonstrated significant improvements in functional outcomes for patients with episodic migraine, compared with placebo, over 12 weeks.

A recent analysis of the PRODROME trial explored the impact of ubrogepant, an FDA-approved acute treatment of migraine with or without aura, on patient-reported outcomes in migraine management.

A recent case-control study suggests that although sleep bruxism may not be directly associated with migraine in patients with temporomandibular disorders, mixed bruxism episodes occur more frequently in those with migraine.

Findings demonstrated that fremanezumab significantly reduced the use of acute headache medications and the frequency of migraine-associated symptoms in patients with episodic migraine compared with placebo.