[Review] Advances in migraine prevention

Migraine imposes a heavy burden on patients and societies. Preventive treatments aimed at reducing the occurrence of migraine attacks and their intensity have been largely underused, leaving a multitude of people with migraine to rely exclusively on acute treatments, which, when used in excess, might even worsen the clinical situation. Large, randomised trials have established the tolerability and efficacy of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-targeting drugs, a new class of migraine-specific treatment.