New Medications for Migraines

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Currently, the combination drug is before the FDA and is awaiting approval. Dr. Brandes says in the meantime, the best thing migraine patients can do is be aware and take medication when mild pain occurs. "If we can save people from pain disability, from missed activity, from missed work, from the potential for progression into migraine, it is always a joyful scientific event in my mind."

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SOURCE: Ivanhoe interview with Jan Lewis Brandes, M.D.; The Journal of American Medical Association; 279, 1443-1454