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Recent advances in migraine therapy

Overview of attention for article published in SpringerPlus, May 2016
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Title
Recent advances in migraine therapy
Published in
SpringerPlus, May 2016
DOI 10.1186/s40064-016-2211-8
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Fabio Antonaci, Natascia Ghiotto, Shizheng Wu, Ennio Pucci, Alfredo Costa

Abstract

Migraine is a common and highly disabling neurological disorder associated with a high socioeconomic burden. Effective migraine management depends on adequate patient education: to avoid unrealistic expectations, the condition must be carefully explained to the patient soon as it is diagnosed. The range of available acute treatments has increased over time. At present, abortive migraine therapy can be classed as specific (ergot derivatives and triptans) or non-specific (analgesics and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs). Even though acute symptomatic therapy can be optimised, migraine continues to be a chronic and potentially progressive condition. In addition to the drugs officially approved for migraine prevention by international governmental regulatory agencies, numerous different agents are commonly used for this indication, showing various levels of evidence of efficacy and tolerability. Guidelines published in recent years, based on evidence-based medicine data on migraine prophylaxis, are a useful source of guidance, especially for primary care physicians and neurologists without specific expertise in headache medicine. Although the field of pharmacological migraine prevention has seen few advances in recent years, potential novel approaches are now being developed. This review looks at emerging pharmacological strategies for acute and preventive migraine treatment that are nearing or have already entered the clinical trial phase. Specifically, it discusses preclinical and clinical data on compounds acting on calcitonin gene-related peptide or its receptor, the serotonin 5-HT1F receptor, nitric oxide synthase, and acid-sensing ion channel blockers.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Peru 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 251 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 38 15%
Student > Master 32 13%
Other 31 12%
Researcher 22 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 22 9%
Other 46 18%
Unknown 62 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 65 26%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 39 15%
Neuroscience 19 8%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 17 7%
Chemistry 13 5%
Other 30 12%
Unknown 70 28%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 February 2024.
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#3,624,891
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#201
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#59,416
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#18
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