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A collage of a woman with a migraine and possible treatments

New migraine prevention guidelines reflect a treatment landscape that has changed dramatically in the last decade and a half.

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By Nora Bradford

For the first time in 14 years, doctors have updated guidelines for preventing migraine attacks.

The new recommendations from the American Academy of Neurology and American Headache Society, published August 31 in Neurology, incorporate evidence on treatments that weren’t available when the guidelines were last updated.