Participated in a migraine research group
Dr. Hitomi Higa of Tobu Clinic and Dr. Takashi Shiromoto of Shisa Dori Internal Medicine Rehabilitation Clinic taught us about anti-CGRP-related drugs at a migraine study group.
I suffered from a migraine
When I was 27 years old, while reading a book at home, I got a little dizzy and for some reason dropped the book. When I tried to pick up the book, gears whirred in front of me, and a glowing gear stuck to my left, cutting my vision in half. I panicked and went to the emergency department where I worked, but the condition recovered on its own.
I consulted a neurologist and learned that it was a migraine flash scotoma.
In my 30s, I was attacked by pulsating headaches at least once a week, but I managed them by taking triptans orally.
Life dramatically changed with anti-CGRP drugs
On my 45th birthday, I decided to take an anti-CGRP drug. The next day, I no longer had a headache. It wasn't that the headache didn't come, it was a strange feeling that the headache didn't come even though it was about to come, and after that, the headache disappeared.
If you try to overcome it with NSAIDs...
At this study session, there was a lecture about the risk of transitioning to medication overuse headache or chronic migraine if you try to overcome it with NSAIDs. Anti-CGRP drugs also seem to be less effective. Living a headache-free life is comfortable, so I would like people who suffer from headaches to consider prevention using anti-CGRP drugs for migraine treatment.