The impact of headache specialist density and the introduction of gepants and lasmitidan on prescriptions for acute migraine treatments: a regression and interrupted time series analysis

Our study suggests increased headache provider availability is associated with more prescriptions for naratriptan, eletriptan, and almotriptan. Additionally, the introduction of the gepants and lasmiditan broadly decreased the utilization of triptans. Critically, there was a strong association between a pharmaceutical company's, Pfizer, payments to physicians and utilization of their medication, rimegepant.

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Frontiers in Neurology
Published
2025-02-07
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https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2025.1530499
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1
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Migraine and Headache Studies
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Field-Weighted Citation Impact
1.47

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The impact of headache specialist density and the introduction of gepants and lasmitidan on prescriptions for acute migraine treatments: a regression and interrupted time series analysis

Niushen Zhang, Rebecca Y. Linfield, Leon Samuel Moskatel
1 citations
Frontiers in Neurology
Migraine and Headache Studies
1.47
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The impact of headache specialist density and the introduction of gepants and lasmitidan on prescriptions for acute migraine treatments: a regression and interrupted time series analysis

Niushen Zhang, Rebecca Y. Linfield, Leon Samuel Moskatel
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Abstract

Our study suggests increased headache provider availability is associated with more prescriptions for naratriptan, eletriptan, and almotriptan. Additionally, the introduction of the gepants and lasmiditan broadly decreased the utilization of triptans. Critically, there was a strong association between a pharmaceutical company's, Pfizer, payments to physicians and utilization of their medication, rimegepant.

Frontiers in NeurologyVol. 16
Palo Alto University (US), Stanford University (US)
National Institutes of Health
Openalex Percentile: Top 23%
Migraine and Headache Studies
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