NICE medicines-evaluation director Helen Knight said migraines were often an 'invisible disability' and 'blighted' millions of lives. Read more:
The NHS is set to offer a medicated wafer that dissolves under the tongue to help prevent debilitating migraines.
Injections can target the same protein, calcitonin gene-related peptide - but this is the first oral option. And other medications - including beta-blockers, antidepressants and epilepsy drugs - do not work for everyone.Rimegepant has been backed by the National Institutes of Health and Care Excellence, which makes decisions on drugs in England and whose recommendations are normally adopted in Wales and Northern Ireland.
"Rimegepant is the first oral treatment for migraine to be recommended by NICE - and for many thousands of people, it is likely to be a welcome and more convenient addition to existing options for a condition that is often overlooked and undertreated," she added.About one out of every seven people in the UK is thought to be affected by some level of migraine - and they are more common among women.
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