Why carry out this study?

Only a fraction of those suffering from migraine receive proper care with preventive or acute treatment despite the diminished quality of life due to migraines.

Treatment improves the quality of life of migraine patients; therefore, the aim of this study was to explore treatment patterns among newly diagnosed migraine patients in a real-world setting to add to the existing literature on the treatment of and care received by migraine patients.

What was learned from the study?

Of the newly diagnosed migraine patients included in the analysis, 59.1% used preventive treatment; 67.9% of these patients discontinued their preventive treatment within 5.4 months and then used an acute treatment (77.6%) or arranged a neurology consult (18.3%).

Newly diagnosed migraine patients are high utilizers of migraine healthcare services, particularly acute treatments.

The results highlight a potential correlation between poor treatment management and increased migraine-specific healthcare utilization.