Published in the series Headache, endorsed by the European Headache Federation, this is the first book on the novel synthetic treatment of migraine with ditans (lasmiditan) and gepants (atogepant, ubrogepant, rimegepant, vazegepant). These drugs will provide additional options for people with migraine put at risk of side effects by other medications or with unsatisfactory response to previous drugs. There is now a sufficient amount of literature published to interest a wide multidisciplinary readership (general physicians, general neurologists, clinical psychologists, neurologists in training, and medical students) facing every day this burdensome disorder in their clinical practice. The book aims therefore at offering an overview of these new drugs for both acute and prophylactic treatments of migraine, covering studies on clinical evidence, tolerability, and the different stages of clinical development.
Biografie (Paolo Martelletti)
Professor Paolo Martelletti is currently Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at the 2nd School of Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome. At present, he is Director of the Master in Headache Medicine, in the same university and and Director of the Regional Referral Headache Centre at Sant Andrea University Hospital in Rome. He founded and is the Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Headache and Pain and served the Editorial Board of various scientific journals (Headache, Cephalalgia, J Immunol Immunopathol, etc.). §Memberships: §- Council of Directors and Trustees of the World Headache Alliance (2006-09§- Board of Directors of the European Headache Federation (2008-10)§- Founder and past-President of the Italian Headache Patients League (LIC)
