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No more menstrual migraines: there's a new way to send pain packing. (Cosmo Gyno).(prescription medication frovatriptan)(Brief Article)
A whopping 60 percent of female migraine sufferers are hit with these hellish headaches right before or during their period due to estrogen fluctuations. But relief is just a pill away: A new prescription medication called frovatriptan (or Frova) is ideal for menstrual migraines, which tend to build up slowly (over 6 to 12 hours) and can last for two to three days, says Lawrence Robbins, M.D., director of the Robbins Headache Clinic in Northbrook, ...
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