{"id":840,"date":"2018-09-28T13:06:28","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T17:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/?p=840"},"modified":"2018-09-28T13:09:42","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T17:09:42","slug":"monoclonal-antibodies-for-migrai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/?p=840","title":{"rendered":"Monoclonal Antibodies for Migraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The FDA has recently approved Aimovig (Erenumab) a once-a-month injection to prevent migraines.\u00a0 Aimovig is a monoclonal antibody that targets the calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor (CGRP).\u00a0 CGRP is a neurotransmitter that dilates blood vessels and stimulates pain.\u00a0 It was discovered that levels of CGRP go way up in people experiencing migraines.\u00a0 By blocking the receptor for CGRP the Aimovig is able to prevent headaches.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since Aimovig is a preventative agent, it is currently only recommended for patients with frequent severe migraines or with chronic migraines.\u00a0 The cost of each injection is $600.00.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FDA has recently approved Aimovig (Erenumab) a once-a-month injection to prevent migraines.\u00a0 Aimovig is a monoclonal antibody that targets the calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor (CGRP).\u00a0 CGRP is a neurotransmitter that dilates blood vessels and stimulates pain.\u00a0 It was discovered that levels of CGRP go way up in people experiencing migraines.\u00a0 By blocking the receptor for CGRP the Aimovig is able to prevent headaches. &nbsp; Since Aimovig is a preventative agent, it is currently only recommended for patients with frequent&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/?p=840\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[383,384],"class_list":["post-840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-aimovig","tag-erenumab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=840"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":851,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840\/revisions\/851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}