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Gepants in New Zealand – an update

May 22nd 2023 Gepants are new oral migraine medications specifically developed for migraine. Gepants are a type of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) inhibitor, targeting the same peptide as the injectable Read more

Getting Emgality from your pharmacy

May 16th 2023 You’ve decided to try Emgality (galcanezumab) for migraine prevention, you’ve got your prescription from an obliging doctor and now you have to get the prescription filled from a local pharmacy. Read more

Long-term use of migraine preventive medications

May 3rd 2023 There’s very little about managing migraine that’s easy. This is especially true when our migraine attacks become so severe or frequent that they can’t be adequately controlled with acute Read more

Anti-seizure medications and migraine

April 26th 2023 Even though they were developed to treat seizure disorders, anti-seizure medicines are commonly used for migraine prevention. However, they only work about half of the time and they are not easy to Read more

GPs encouraged to become familiar with CGRP medications for migraine

April 11th 2023 Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) medications. They’re without doubt this century’s revolution in migraine treatment. Including both injectable monoclonal antibodies (e.g. Emgality) and oral Read more

Celebrating our first birthday

April 5th 2023 Migraine Foundation Aotearoa New Zealand is one year old. And in compliance with the advice that people with migraine receive to moderate their lifestyles, instead of clinking champagne and chowing Read more

It's our first birthday, but you get the presents

April 1st 2023 This time one year ago, Migraine Foundation Aotearoa New Zealand was officially launched. To celebrate our first birthday, we’re giving away five copies of Dr Katy Munro’s book Managing Your Read more

Acute treatment for migraine attacks

March 15th 2023 Migraine is such a common disease, you’d expect all health professionals would know the best treatments and how to manage acute attacks. Unfortunately, this often isn’t the case. Migraine is Read more

Phases of a migraine attack

February 28th 2023 We’ve become more familiar with the phrase ‘Migraine is more than just a headache’ but what does that mean, exactly? In one sense, it means that the type of headache experienced during a Read more

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