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Review
. 2022 Mar;26(3):253-258.
doi: 10.1007/s11916-022-01022-0. Epub 2022 Feb 8.

Preventing the Progression of Episodic Migraine to Chronic Migraine with Acute Treatment Optimization

Deena E Kuruvilla  1 , Tanya Bilchik  2
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Review

Preventing the Progression of Episodic Migraine to Chronic Migraine with Acute Treatment Optimization

Deena E Kuruvilla et al. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2022 Mar.

Abstract

Purpose of review: To evaluate the evidence regarding acute migraine treatment optimization to prevent the progression of episodic migraine to chronic migraine. This review also provides a summary of evidence-based acute migraine treatments and how to tailor a regimen based on an individual patient's needs.

Recent findings: Several acute migraine treatments have been food and drug administration (FDA)-approved since 2020. This review summarizes pain freedom data at 2 h for these medications and devices and examines the classic acute migraine treatments. This review presents the existing data about acute treatment optimization and its preventive role in the progression of episodic migraine to chronic migraine. We present updated clinical trial efficacy endpoints from the American Headache Society (AHS) and the FDA and review the evidence for acute migraine treatments currently available in clinical practice.

Keywords: Acute treatment; Headache; Migraine.

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