Aimovig Injection for Migraine - What You Need to Know

Aimovig / erenumab - What you need to know to inject and stop your migraines!

In 2018 Dr. Krob created the first YouTube video about Aimovig. After almost 50,000 views, it's time for another look.

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In this episode of The Headache Channel, you will learn about Aimovig / erenumab, the CGRP monoclonal antibody injection drug for prevention of migraine with aura, migraine without aura, and chronic migraine. Aimovig is one of 3 CGRP injetables. The others are Ajovy and Emgality.

You should consider prevention if you have 4 or more days of migraine a month. One migraine can span 2 or more days, so count days, not migraines. You should also consider prevention if you are missing school or work (or leaving early) 2 or more days a month.

Aimovig, Ajovy and Emgality are advanced prevention treatments for episodic and chronic migraine. Botox is for chronic migraine only. Basic, or "platform" , migraine prevention treatments include topiramate, amitriptyline, divalproex / Depakote, and propranolol. Most insurance companies require that people try 2 or more platform prevention treatments before moving on to advanced treatments.

The dose of Aimovig is either 70 or 140 mg a month. You don't need a loading dose. Aimovig is available as an autoinjector with either 70 or 140 mg of Aimovig. People taking Aimovig experience reductions in migraine frequency of 50%, 75% or more. Common side effects of Aimovig include:

Injection site reactions: feel the needle, drop of blood, bruise, red / itchy / sore spot at the site of the injection.

Allergic reaction: rare (I have never seen one), but could be severe.

Constipation: pretty common in my experience. Very very rarely, this is so bad it needs surgery.
High blood pressure: can happen or can get worse. Monitor blood pressure and treat, or consider stopping Aimovig.

In this episode, we do an unboxing of Aimovig.

After we unbox, we show you how to inject, with a really cool super clear ballistic gel that shows you the ENTIRE injection event.

The Headache Channel Playlists:
Prevention Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3adjIeYuuKaDCxMRlskQsRwmk6F1Nk0p

CGRP Injectables Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3adjIeYuuKZw-hbaUwTJ8UGKSEXFAYnY

Aimovig Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3adjIeYuuKZXFm8sUtTi2_bj-nxtbHlh coronavirus

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