Atogepant wil be the first oral treatment for chronic and episodic migraines.
Until now, initial treatment options have mostly been limited to painkillers, triptans and anti-nausea medication, according to theHowever, NICE has now recommended a new drug called atogepant, after clinical trials revealed that it was effective in some adults.
NICE said atogepant should be offered to people who had unsuccessfully tried three other medications, many of which need to be taken by injection or infusion.According to the, this drug is designed to be taken daily to both prevent chronic migraines and episodic migraines. At first, it’s expected to be available from specialist doctors in secondary care settings, rather than from GPs but migraine charities are nonetheless excited about what this could mean for future migraine care.Rob Music, chief executive of the Migraine Trust said to the BBC: “It is positive to see even more therapies emerging for people with migraine, as many still rely on treatments developed for other conditions.
However, he urged that access must be “swift” so that migraine patients can benefit from them as soon as possible as many GPs have a lack of knowledge around migraines and waiting lists to see specialists tend to be long.According to the NHS, a migraine tends to be a very bad headache with a throbbing pain on one side of the head.
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