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Dr Stephen Silberstein on How Patients Are Reacting to CGRP Inhibitors

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Stephen Silberstein, MD, director of the Jefferson Headache Center, discusses patient reactions to being prescribed a CGRP inhibitor.

Stephen Silberstein, MD, director of the Jefferson Headache Center, discusses patient reactions to being prescribed a CGRP inhibitor.

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How have patients reacted to being prescribed [calcitonin gene-related peptide] CGRP inhibitors?

In contrast to what we believed, patients are calling and rushing into the office to get the CGRP drugs because they're safe, they're effective, [they have] minimal if any side effects, and they don't have to take a pill every day.

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