Allure reports that roughly one billion people worldwide experience migraine headaches. Of them, 28 million are American women.<br />Nevertheless, at least three women have found pharmaceutical medicines that help them get these dreadful, excruciating headaches under control.<br />For example, every three months, Rosemary Donohoe gets roughly 40 Botox injections over her face, neck, and scalp.<br />Botox can also help reduce frequency, severity, and other life-affecting symptoms of migraines such as vertigo and numbness.<br />Didi Gluck takes a triptan medication. It's a type of drug that stimulates specific serotonin receptors to help stop a migraine attack.<br />And Sara Spruch-Feiner keeps an eye out for every new treatment coming down the pike.<br />Right now, she's doing a monthly injection of a preventative treatment known as a CGRP inhibitor which targets a neuropeptide associated with migraines.
