{"id":8828,"date":"2017-12-04T10:58:52","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T15:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8828"},"modified":"2017-12-04T10:58:52","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T15:58:52","slug":"new-drugs-could-prevent-migraine-headaches-for-some-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8828","title":{"rendered":"New Drugs Could Prevent Migraine Headaches For Some People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Jon Hamilton for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>People who experience frequent migraines may soon have access to a new class of drugs.<\/p>\n<p>In a pair of large studies, two drugs that tweak brain circuits involved in migraine each showed they could reduce the frequency of attacks without causing side effects, researchers\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nejm.org\/doi\/full\/10.1056\/NEJMe1712559\">report<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0<em>New England Journal of Medicine<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2017\/12\/04\/567804150\/new-drugs-could-prevent-migraine-headaches-for-some-people?utm_campaign=KHN:%20Daily%20Health%20Policy%20Report&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=59036812&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9q8nxj5QIZol81kcwi1zRI0BnY4lL9cxcEtrcQ1ys-6whq0XeQdlbo5RMPwtxVANZxnGbneQ0ORQMogp3N5K0VSLcy8g&amp;_hsmi=59036812\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) People who experience frequent migraines may soon have access to a new class of drugs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8828"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8829,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8828\/revisions\/8829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}