- Migraine Medication Found to Relieve Rosacea Symptoms
A migraine medication could be offered to sufferers of facial redness after a study found it significantly reduced symptoms.
Around one in 20 people in the UK suffer from the skin condition rosacea, which causes warmth and redness of the face, as well as spots.
Rosacea cannot be cured, but antibiotics and prescription creams can improve symptoms.
In the US study, 30 adults with severe rosacea were given erenumab, a migraine drug.
Rosacea, a condition that causes warmth and redness in the face (left before treatment and just after laser surgery) (File)
File photo. Migraine drug erenumab could be used to help relieve rosacea symptoms
The injection blocks the effect of a protein that is linked to the debilitating headaches and nausea of ​​migraines.
Published last week, the research found that rosacea patients taking erenumab experienced a significant reduction in their symptoms.
Those most affected by the condition saw an 80 percent decrease in severe to extreme redness within days of starting treatment.
Study author Dr John Barbieri, a consultant dermatologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, said the results showed “promising potential” for rosacea patients.