Clinical trials showed that a one-month injection of Emgality, a migraine drug, significantly reduced the frequency of cluster headaches.
“Cluster headaches are 90 percent more common in men ages 30 to 40,” Shepard said. But despite the small subset of people that the condition affects, doctors are very excited about the drug's approval.
Like migraines, they cause intense pain and an inability to function much at all when they strike. Unlike migraines, which tend to be more prevalent in women, the condition is slightly more common in men. The condition often goes undiagnosed because it is associated with symptoms common to other conditions, such as bloodshot eyes, excessive tearing, drooping eyelids and nasal congestion.
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