Drilldown: Medicines

None (2) · Evolocumab (1)

Ajovy (1) · Emgality (1) · Repatha (1)

Anti-CGRP ligand monoclonal antibody (2) · [[:Category:Biologics|Biologic]] (1) · [[:Category:Lipid-lowering_agents|Lipid-lowering agent]] (1) · [[:Category:Monoclonal_antibodies|Monoclonal antibody (fully human IgG2)]] (1) · [[:Category:PCSK9_inhibitors|PCSK9 inhibitor]] (1)

None (1) · Humanized IgG2 monoclonal antibody binding both isoforms of CGRP peptide (1) · Humanized IgG4 monoclonal antibody binding CGRP peptide; prevents CGRP from activating its receptor (1)

Preventive treatment of migraine in adults (episodic and chronic) (1) · Preventive treatment of migraine in adults; episodic cluster headache (1) · '"`UNIQ--vote-0000147C-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-0000147D-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-0000147E-QINU`"' (1)

140 mg SC every 2 weeks OR 420 mg SC monthly (3 consecutive injections 5 minutes apart due to volume) (1) · 225 mg SC monthly, or 675 mg SC every 3 months (quarterly) (1) · Migraine: 240 mg SC loading dose, then 120 mg SC monthly. Cluster: 300 mg SC at onset of cluster period, then monthly during cluster. (1)

120 mg/mL prefilled syringe or autoinjector (1) · 140 mg/mL single-use prefilled syringe and SureClick autoinjector; Pushtronex 420 mg/3.5 mL on-body infusor (1) · 225 mg/1.5 mL prefilled syringe or autoinjector (1)

240 mg loading + 120 mg/month for migraine; 300 mg/month for cluster (1) · 420 mg/month (1) · 675 mg/quarter (1)

Subcutaneous (3)

None · Hours · 30-60 minutes · 1-2 hours · ~30 min · LDL lowering at 2 weeks, max by 4 weeks · ~1 hour · 15-30 minutes · 15–30 min · 1–2 h · 30–60 min · Antidepressant effect emerges over 1-2 weeks · BP and symptomatic LUTS improvement within 1-2 weeks · BP effect within 1-2 weeks · Clinical improvement within 24-72 hours · Days · Motor improvement over days at therapeutic dose · Over weeks · Postprandial glucose effect within days; HbA1c by 12 weeks · Sleep effect from first dose; antidepressant effect over 1-4 weeks

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2-4 weeks per dose (1) · Monthly dosing (1) · Monthly or quarterly dosing (1)

~11-17 days'"`UNIQ--ref-0000147F-QINU`"' (1) · ~27 days (1) · ~31 days (1)

Not formally established (1) · Not formally established (high SC) (1) · ~72% from SC depot'"`UNIQ--ref-00001480-QINU`"' (1)

Limited data.<sup class="pcp-cn" title="This claim needs a citation.">&#91;[[Pharmacopedia:Citation needed|citation&nbsp;needed]]&#93;</sup> (1) · Limited data; avoid (2)

Rx (2) · [[USLegal:Prescription only|Rx-only]] in US (1)