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in migraine
Surat Tanprawate, MD, MSc(Lond.), FRCPT
Headache clinic, Chiangmai University
Severity: 7/10
Migraine is considered as a chronic
disorder with episodic attacks (CDEA)
No
migraine
LFEM
0-9 days of
headache/month
HFEM
10-14 days of
headache/month
Chronic
Migraine
Chronic migraine associated with
Conceptualized of clinical course of migraine
Poor quality of life
Highly associated with psychiatric disorder
Risk of medication overused
Risk of stroke? (MwA)
Bigal and Lipton Neurology 2008;71;848-855
2.5%/yr EM to CM
6%/yr HFEM to CM
26% 2-yrs transition rate CM to EM
Rate of transition
Migraine treatment
Acute medication
Preventive medication
Risk factor for migraine
progression
Bigal ME et al. Current Opinion in Neurology 2009, 22:269276
Issue on preventive
medication?
Start
When should we start?
What should we start?
Evaluation
When should we
evaluate?
What should we
evaluate?
Stop
When should we
stop?
How to stop?
Drug titration Duration
When to use preventive
medication?
Hemiplegic migraine
Basilar migraine
Anticonvulsants
Antidepressants
B-adrenergic blockers
NSAIDs
Serotonin antagonists
Target dose
Duration
1912 Phenobarbital
1938 Phenytoin
1960 Ethosuximide
1973 Carbamazepine
1978 Valproate
New generation
1993 Felbamate
1993 Gabapentin
1994 Lamotrigine
1996 Fosphenytoin
1996 Topiramate
1997 Tiagabine
1999 Vigabatrin
2000 Oxcarbazepine
2000 Levetiracetam
2005 Pregabalin
Discovery of
anti-epileptic drugs
Old generation
1912 Phenobarbital
1938 Phenytoin
1960 Ethosuximide
1973 Carbamazepine
1978 Valproate
New generation
1993 Felbamate
1993 Gabapentin
1994 Lamotrigine
1996 Fosphenytoin
1996 Topiramate
1997 Tiagabine
1999 Vigabatrin
2000 Oxcarbazepine
2000 Levetiracetam
2005 Pregabalin
Discovery of
anti-epileptic drugs
Old generation
1912 Phenobarbital
1938 Phenytoin
1960 Ethosuximide
1973 Carbamazepine
1978 Valproate
New generation
1993 Felbamate
1993 Gabapentin
1994 Lamotrigine
1996 Fosphenytoin
1996 Topiramate
1997 Tiagabine
1999 Vigabatrin
2000 Oxcarbazepine
2000 Levetiracetam
2005 Pregabalin
Discovery of
anti-epileptic drugs
Calabresi P et al. Trends in Pharm Sci 2007; 28(4):188-195
Calabresi P et al. Trends in Pharm Sci 2007; 28(4):188-195
AEDs in migraine treatment
Type of treatment
prophylaxis
acute treatment
Type of Migraine
with/without aura
refractory migraine
CM with MOH
Migraine variant
Episodic vs Chronic vs Refractory
Episodic migraine
0-14 headache days per month
Chronic
15 or more headache days per month for 3 or more months
8 or more days meet criteria for migraine with our aura/or response to migraine
specic drug
Failed adequate trials of preventive med at least 2/4 drug classes (Beta-
blocker, Anti-convulsants, Tricyclic anti depressant, Calcium channel
blocker)
Overused acute medication > 10 / or 15 days per months more than 3 months
why 15 days cut-off point?
Schulman EA et al. Headache 2008;48:778-782)
AEDs used in
Episodic migraine
S.D. Silberstein, et al. Neurology 2012;78;1337
AAN/AHS 2012
Sodium valproate/Divalproex sodium
Early studies
1992; Hering & Kurtzky: the rst D-B, P-C, valproate 800
mg/d for migraine prophylaxis
alopecia (6%)
tremor (2%)
vomiting (5%)
Divalproate vs Amitriptyline: RCT trial
300 migraine DVA-ER vs AMT
Kalita J et al. Acta Neurol Scand 2013: 128: 6572
Divalproate vs Amitriptyline: RCT trial
Kalita J et al. Acta Neurol Scand 2013: 128: 6572
Topiramate
Outcome: NS
DW Docick et al. Clinical therapeutic 2009;31(3):542-559
Percent weight change from baseline between
TPM vs AMT
Efcacy of Gabapentin in migraine
prevention (EM): D-B, P-C study
0
12.5
25
37.5
50
Gabapentin (n=56) Placebo (n=31)
46%
16%
P<0.05 ITT population
TID dosing
Gabapentin titrated to 2400 mg/d
% of patients with > 50% reduction
in attack frequency (4 weeks)
Mathew et al. Headache 2001
Conclusion EM prevention
1. Evidence based: AAN/AHS guideline
2. All Level A recommendation has similar efcacy,
but different side effect
3. Most DBPC studies evaluated efcacy 3-6 months
4. Long term used still save in some studies
Preventive medication
in chronic migraine
Brain change in chronic
migraine
Periaqueductal grey
matter change (PAG): iron
deposition
Central sensitisation
Central sensitization of
Trigeminal nucleus
caudalis(TNC)
Summary of evidence for prophylactic medications in
undifferentiated chronic daily headache and chronic migraine
Treatment Evidence for use in CDH/CM
Anticonvulsants
Topiramate Double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in CM
Gabapentin One double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in CDH
Valproate Double-blind, placebo-controlled in CDH including CM
Antidepressants
Amitriptyline Small open-labeled trial in TM
Fluoxetine Small double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in CDH
Tizanidine Small double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in CDH
Onabotulinumtoxin A Double-blind, placebo controlled trial in CM
16 weeks