Migraine Medications

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In this lecture Professor Zach Murphy will be presenting on migraine medications. This lecture will begin by discussing the pathophysiology of migraine and how migraines are typically triggered. We will then transition into the mechanism of action of migraine medications and look at the cellular level where these drugs exert their effects. We then talk about the most common names of migraine medications and the general classes they fall within. We conclude this lecture with a discussion on adverse drug reactions and contraindications to migraine medications. We hope you enjoy this lecture and be sure to support us below!

Table of Contents:
0:00 Lab
0:08 Migraine Medications Introduction
0:29 Pathophysiology of Migraines
13:02 Mechanism of Action and Migraine Medication Names
27:19 Adverse Effects and Contraindications
40:45 Outro: As Always, Until Next Time
40:54 Comment, Like, SUBSCRIBE!

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[carve]

After 7 years of headaches and visiting way over 10 doctors, finally I got triptans, ergots and anti-seizure for trial last week for the first time. I wanted to understand how they work and found this video. Now I am just angry how come no doctor gave me such basic magraine medicine for 7 freaking years.
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Thank you so much for this video. I am not in med school or pharmacology school. I newly suffer from chronic migraines and I found this so helpful in understanding whats going on inside my body and what my possible solutions are. I'm so grateful that this information is available for people who want to educate themselves about their condition.

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