![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/life-changing-migraine-pill-could-be-available-in-the-uk-by-christmas/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/NINTCHDBPICT000836830419.jpg&description=SWEET RELIEF Published : 12:34, 4 Sep 2023 Updated : 12:37, 4 Sep 2023 A NEW pill which can halve the number of agonising migraines experienced by sufferers could soon be available in the UK. Trials have found atogepant, which is taken once a day, to be twice as effective as treatments currently available in Britain. 1 A new migraine pill could soon be available in the UK Credit: Getty Experts have hailed the drug as potentially "life-changing" for the millions of people who regularly experience the throbbing headaches . Professor Peter Goadsby, honorary consultant neurologist at King's College Hospital in London , said: "Many patients struggle for years to find an effective treatment. "During this time, many are resigned to living with the debilitating effects of migraine; it shouldn't be this way." Atogepant is already used in the US and was approved for EU use last month. It has now received authorisation from the UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and is awaiting sign-off from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Once given the green light, which could be as early as Christmas this year, the tablets could become a staple in British medicine cabinets. Atogepant belongs to a new class of medication called calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor antagonists, or gepants. It works to block a protein shown to increase during migraines . Studies have found the drug to significantly reduce attacks over a three-month period, sometimes by up to 50 per cent. Sufferers went from experiencing an average of eight days plagued by headaches per month to just four. It meant atogepant was essentially twice as effective as rimegepant, currently used to treat the condition. A migraine tends to feel like a very bad headache, with a throbbing pain on one side, according to the NHS . The Migraine Trust estimates that around 10million UK adults are affected, with many experiencing between four and 14 attacks a month. These c){kind=link}
A NEW pill which can halve the number of agonising migraines experienced by sufferers could soon be available in the UK.
Trials have found atogepant, which is taken once a day, to be twice as effective as treatments currently available in Britain.
Experts have hailed the drug as potentially “life-changing” for the millions of people who regularly experience the throbbing headaches.
Professor Peter Goadsby, honorary consultant neurologist at King’s College Hospital in London, said: “Many patients struggle for years to find an effective treatment.
“During this time, many are resigned to living with the debilitating effects of migraine; it shouldn’t be this way.”