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AUGUST 15, 2019

AAN Issues Guidelines for Pediatric Migraine Treatment

By SPC News Staff

Updated pediatric migraine treatment guidelines look at two areas—acute treatment and prevention—but they do not consider newer specialty medications for migraine.

The new guidelines did not address some of the newest treatments, including calcitonin gene–related peptide antibodies, other similar drugs and devices for migraine in children and teens. Although there has been research showing these treatments may work well for preventing migraine in adults,