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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Chronic migraine is a highly disabling primary headache disorder that is the most common diagnosis of patients seen at tertiary headache centres. Typical oral preventive therapies are associated with many limitations that impact their therapeutic utility. Erenumab was the first available calcitonin gene-related peptide monoclonal antibody in the UK. It had proven efficacy in migraine prevention in clinical trials and limited real-world data in tertiary settings. METHODS: We audited our first 92 patients (n = 73 females) with severely disabling chronic migraine who were given monthly erenumab 70 mg sc for 6 months between December 2018 and December 2019. RESULTS: At 3 months, monthly migraine days were significantly reduced by a median of 4 days, and all other variables also showed significant improvement. The improvement was not affected by baseline analgesic use status. More than half of our patients experienced a clinically meaningful improvement in migraine days. No serious adverse events were reported. CONCLUSIONS: Our real-world data with erenumab demonstrate it is effective and well tolerated in managing patients with chronic migraine in a tertiary care setting.
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Antagonistas do Receptor do Peptídeo Relacionado ao Gene de Calcitonina , Transtornos de Enxaqueca , Anticorpos Monoclonais Humanizados/uso terapêutico , Antagonistas do Receptor do Peptídeo Relacionado ao Gene de Calcitonina/uso terapêutico , Feminino , Humanos , Transtornos de Enxaqueca/prevenção & controle , Resultado do Tratamento , Reino UnidoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (sTMS) is an emerging neuromodulation method reported to be useful in migraine. Despite a low propensity for side effects, some concern with its use in patients with cardiac pacemakers has been expressed. CASE: We present a patient with chronic migraine with a cardiac pacemaker, who had tried unsuccessfully several migraine preventives with either poor efficacy or tolerability. With involvement of the cardiology team, we tested the effect of sTMS on her pacemaker and found it to be a safe and effective option for her. CONCLUSION: Having regard to the risk/benefit ratio of sTMS, its use in patients with disabling migraine in the presence of a cardiac pacemaker can be carefully evaluated and may represent a useful therapeutic option.
