Dr. Stephen Silberstein Discusses New Migraine Remedy on 6ABC

11.04.2009 editor
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Stephen Silberstein, MD, head of the Jefferson Headache Center, tells 6ABC that "patients with migraine have trouble with absorption, and during a migraine attack, it gets worse. They will tell you 'food hangs in my stomach, I'm sick to my stomach.'"

Dr. Silberstein explains that up to half of all migraine sufferers get frequent nausea. Of every 10 patients who start on the triptan class of drugs, only one or two stay on them.

Gabriella Iacovetti, a patient of Dr. Silberstein's, was introduced to a new option that's now being tested. It's called the Zelrix patch.

Watch the 6ABC video to learn more about the migraine patch.

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