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Do you recommend a "washout" period for anti-CGRP medications before conception?

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Neurology · Greater Boston Headache Center at Boston Advanced Medicine

The CGRP-targeted medications come in two groups: gepants and CGRP antibodies. The half-life of the gepants lies in the order of magnitude of 5-10 hours, which means that they are out of the body in roughly 3 days. The half-life of the CGRP antibodies is about a month, which means that it takes 5 mo...

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