funded the trial. The findings are published in the July 11 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
In the United States alone, over 37 million people suffer from migraines, according to the American Migraine Foundation. The headaches cause severe pain, and often additional symptoms such as sensitivity to light and sound, nausea and visual disturbances.
People with milder migraines may find general pain relievers like naproxen and acetaminophen are enough, according to the foundation. For more severe attacks, there are “migraine-specific” drugs called triptans, which target the brain chemical serotonin.
Triptans have been used for decades, but they don’t help everyone, Lipton said. They also have side effects — like numbness, dizziness and sleepiness — that can make them difficult to take.
Beyond that, triptans constrict the blood vessels, and people at
