Welcome to #NeudrawlogyMigraineEdition, part 7! 🤕🧠

CRGP = Calcitonin gene-related peptide plays an important role on the pathophysiology of migraine

💊Their antagonists can be used for either migraine prophylaxis or acute treatment of a headache episode

Part 8 tomorrow! Part 1:

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#NeudrawlogyMigraineEdition, part 5! 🤕 🧠

Here goes a review of the preventive treatments for migraine! 🧵 (1/10)

✅ Learn here:
🎯 Indications;
💊 General recommendations about the treatment.

#NeuroTwitterNetwork #NeuroTwitter #FOAMed #MedEd #MedTweetorial 1/❓But first, a question:
A 28-year-old woman with migraine without aura has 2 attacks/month lasting 8h, and her episodes are relieved by NSAIDs. Would you prescribe her a preventive migraine treatment?

Welcome to the #NeudrawlogyMigraineEdition, part 2! 🤕🧠

Aura is a Greek 🇬🇷 word and deity that means breeze 🌬, and in medicine, it is a symptom that occurs in up to 25% of people with migraine.

A 🧵! 1/7

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🧠📚🎨 1/ Like a breeze 🌬 precedes a storm ⛈, the aura usually precedes the headache in up to 60 min.
But not always.
It can also:
- Occurs alone, not followed by any headache
- Occurs during the headache episode