LEWISTON — Every three months, Michael Hanson heads to the hospital for the latest rounds of Botox injections.
Over the course of 10 minutes, he sits and endures shots in 31 key areas around his head and neck.
Migraine medications
Lewiston neurologist Carl Robinson breaks down the current state of migraine treatments:
Abortive medications: Meds taken as needed to halt a migraine headache that has already started. The standard medication in this category are the triptans. Triptan medications typically are named accordingly: Sumatriptan, rizatriptan, zolmitriptan, etc. This class of drugs has been around many years and began with sumatriptan, known commercially as Imatrex.