CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE RECEPTOR

Course overview

CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE RECEPTORS (CGRP) RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS AND MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AGAINST CGRP AND ITS RECEPTOR ARE MEDICATIONS USED IN THE MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT OF MIGRAINE, WHICH IS THE SIXTH-HIGHEST CAUSE WORLDWIDE OF YEARS LOST DUE TO DISABILITY AS PER THE GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASE STUDY (2013). THIS ACTIVITY DESCRIBES THE INDICATIONS, ACTIONS, AND CONTRAINDICATIONS FOR THESE DRUGS AS VALUABLE AGENTS IN THE PROPHYLAXIS AND ACUTE MANAGEMENT OF MIGRAINE AND CLUSTER HEADACHES. THIS ACTIVITY WILL HIGHLIGHT THE MECHANISM OF ACTION, MONITORING, ADVERSE EVENTS, RELEVANT INTERACTIONS, AND OTHER KEY ELEMENTS IN THE CLINICAL SETTING AS RELATES TO THE ESSENTIAL POINTS NEEDED BY MEMBERS OF AN INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM MANAGING THE CARE OF PATIENTS WITH MIGRAINES.