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OCTOBER 16, 2019

FDA Approves New Acute Migraine Treatment

The FDA approved lasmiditan (Reyvow, Eli Lilly) for the treatment of acute migraine with or without aura in adults. Lasmidtan is not indicated for prevention of migraine.

Lasmiditan has a unique mechanism of action and is the first and only FDA-approved medicine in a new class of acute treatment for migraine (serotonin (5-HT)1F receptor agonists). Its therapeutic effects are presumably mediated by agonist effects at this receptor; however, the precise mechanism is unknown, according to Eli