Migraine prevention: Monoclonal antibodies could become additional therapy option
Affecting six to eight percent of males and ten to twelve percent of females, migraine is among the most prevalent neurological conditions. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) it is one of the top five neurological disorders and costs sufferers years of ill health. "In 2015 around 109 healthy years of life were lost per 100,000 people due to migraine. This figure could be changed for the better in future thanks to improvements in therapy options. Advances in migraine prevention give hope that we will be able to improve quality of life for sufferers in future," explained Prof Till Sprenger from DKD HELIOS Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany, at the Second Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) in Copenhagen. Mechanisms in preventive treatments unclear "There is still little research on how the currently available preventive treatments actually work. One potential mechanism could be the suppression of cortical spreading depression ( CSD ) -- a wave th...