Guest guest Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 Hi,I understand your dilemma, and encourage you to speak to your doctor about programs that pharmecutical companies have for those who fall into the " gray " area . They can give you medications at a much lower cost or sometimes free. Your doctor should know of those programs, all it takes is the doctor filling out forms the company sends and then you can get the medications. I feel for you and your daughter. I also suffered from migraines, and so did my own daughter, and she still does. I just have the visual migraines mostly now. Hope this helps. I have a list I will try to find of some of these companies that do this. I think you can find some online. I hope this is a good day for you and her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 Hi,I understand your dilemma, and encourage you to speak to your doctor about programs that pharmecutical companies have for those who fall into the " gray " area . They can give you medications at a much lower cost or sometimes free. Your doctor should know of those programs, all it takes is the doctor filling out forms the company sends and then you can get the medications. I feel for you and your daughter. I also suffered from migraines, and so did my own daughter, and she still does. I just have the visual migraines mostly now. Hope this helps. I have a list I will try to find of some of these companies that do this. I think you can find some online. I hope this is a good day for you and her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 Jane, I sent you some information, let me know if you receive it. Tawny > Hey yall. > Blessings to my precious RA fam. I have a dilemma i need your > thoughts on. Chas, my 18 y.o. has migraines, which are fairly > frequent. Her dad quit his job which had excellent medical coverage > to go back to driving a truck. The stuff her doc prescribed is 25.00 > a pill. We have no medical insurance on her, she is going to college > next month, and we make barely too much to qualify for assistance. I > am afraid that the adjustment to college will probably trigger more > migraines. She has just been getting samples from our doc but she > will be 3 hours away now. Does anyone know of a program for kids in > this sort of " gray area " between childhood and adulthood? Her dad is > no help when it comes to things of this sort. We live in Texas > btw....Imitrex has been very effective on her h/a's. She had one when > i got home last night, she was on the couch with a blanket and pillow > over her head to block out the light. ( > Love yall bunches. > jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 Jane, I sent you some information, let me know if you receive it. Tawny > Hey yall. > Blessings to my precious RA fam. I have a dilemma i need your > thoughts on. Chas, my 18 y.o. has migraines, which are fairly > frequent. Her dad quit his job which had excellent medical coverage > to go back to driving a truck. The stuff her doc prescribed is 25.00 > a pill. We have no medical insurance on her, she is going to college > next month, and we make barely too much to qualify for assistance. I > am afraid that the adjustment to college will probably trigger more > migraines. She has just been getting samples from our doc but she > will be 3 hours away now. Does anyone know of a program for kids in > this sort of " gray area " between childhood and adulthood? Her dad is > no help when it comes to things of this sort. We live in Texas > btw....Imitrex has been very effective on her h/a's. She had one when > i got home last night, she was on the couch with a blanket and pillow > over her head to block out the light. ( > Love yall bunches. > jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 Would she be able to apply for patient assistance with this? Does the college have a clinic on campus where she could get samples? Terri [ ] Migraines- sorta OT > Hey yall. > Blessings to my precious RA fam. I have a dilemma i need your > thoughts on. Chas, my 18 y.o. has migraines, which are fairly > frequent. Her dad quit his job which had excellent medical coverage > to go back to driving a truck. The stuff her doc prescribed is 25.00 > a pill. We have no medical insurance on her, she is going to college > next month, and we make barely too much to qualify for assistance. I > am afraid that the adjustment to college will probably trigger more > migraines. She has just been getting samples from our doc but she > will be 3 hours away now. Does anyone know of a program for kids in > this sort of " gray area " between childhood and adulthood? Her dad is > no help when it comes to things of this sort. We live in Texas > btw....Imitrex has been very effective on her h/a's. She had one when > i got home last night, she was on the couch with a blanket and pillow > over her head to block out the light. ( > Love yall bunches. > jane > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 Would she be able to apply for patient assistance with this? Does the college have a clinic on campus where she could get samples? Terri [ ] Migraines- sorta OT > Hey yall. > Blessings to my precious RA fam. I have a dilemma i need your > thoughts on. Chas, my 18 y.o. has migraines, which are fairly > frequent. Her dad quit his job which had excellent medical coverage > to go back to driving a truck. The stuff her doc prescribed is 25.00 > a pill. We have no medical insurance on her, she is going to college > next month, and we make barely too much to qualify for assistance. I > am afraid that the adjustment to college will probably trigger more > migraines. She has just been getting samples from our doc but she > will be 3 hours away now. Does anyone know of a program for kids in > this sort of " gray area " between childhood and adulthood? Her dad is > no help when it comes to things of this sort. We live in Texas > btw....Imitrex has been very effective on her h/a's. She had one when > i got home last night, she was on the couch with a blanket and pillow > over her head to block out the light. ( > Love yall bunches. > jane > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 I took Inderol for years to try to prevent my migraines. It didn't seem to help mine, but I was afraid to stop for fear that they would be even worse than they were. It apparently does help some people. Sue On Wednesday, July 20, 2005, at 10:14 PM, GoAwayRA@... wrote: > > Inderol is an old drug that has been treating migraines forever. It's > inexpensive and not one of the newer designer drugs. It is a beta > blocker. You > may want to try that. My daughter is on it now, as she is just like > her > Momma, who used to suffer horribly with migraines (and it did, > indeed, get worse > in college!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 In a message dated 7/19/2005 9:30:51 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, writes: Migraines- sorta OT Jane: Inderol is an old drug that has been treating migraines forever. It's inexpensive and not one of the newer designer drugs. It is a beta blocker. You may want to try that. My daughter is on it now, as she is just like her Momma, who used to suffer horribly with migraines (and it did, indeed, get worse in college!). Best of luck! Love and Prayers, Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 In a message dated 7/19/2005 9:30:51 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, writes: Migraines- sorta OT Jane: Inderol is an old drug that has been treating migraines forever. It's inexpensive and not one of the newer designer drugs. It is a beta blocker. You may want to try that. My daughter is on it now, as she is just like her Momma, who used to suffer horribly with migraines (and it did, indeed, get worse in college!). Best of luck! Love and Prayers, Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Jane, Hey. I am so sorry to hear she has to deal with migraines!! I too suffer and actually just had to miss a day of work Monday because I had a round that lasted two days (normally I can control them better than this). I agree with Terri on the school clinic idea or others that have suggested going directly to the pharmaceutical companies to see if they have assistance programs. As it happens, there are only two medicines that work on my migraines and Immitrex is not one of them. That being said, I went through the cycle of trying to find the right medicine recently and have some of the Immitrex (unused and sealed) that I could send to y'all. It is the nasal spray not the pill though. I completely understand if you think this is too strange of an offer from someone you don't know but I just thought I would offer because I have some that will go unused and know the pain of a migraine personally. You are welcome to contact me offline directly at my email catherine_groen@... if you like. The nice thing about most of the migraine medicine is once you learn to recognize the onset of the headaches, if you take the medicine early on it only takes one pill to knock them out completely, at least that is my experience and I've heard that from other friends that suffer also. Best of luck to you and your daughter (both with college and the migraines:)). Cat in Atlanta, GA p.s. the other thing that really helps me aside from medicine, a completely dark room and lying in bed is an ice pack. Before I found a medicine that worked I would put a sports ice pack (one of those soft gel reusable kinds) on my temple and neck. Usually it would eventually numb the pain long enough for me to fall asleep. > Hey yall. > Blessings to my precious RA fam. I have a dilemma i need your > thoughts on. Chas, my 18 y.o. has migraines, which are fairly > frequent. ...> Love yall bunches. > jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Jane, Hey. I am so sorry to hear she has to deal with migraines!! I too suffer and actually just had to miss a day of work Monday because I had a round that lasted two days (normally I can control them better than this). I agree with Terri on the school clinic idea or others that have suggested going directly to the pharmaceutical companies to see if they have assistance programs. As it happens, there are only two medicines that work on my migraines and Immitrex is not one of them. That being said, I went through the cycle of trying to find the right medicine recently and have some of the Immitrex (unused and sealed) that I could send to y'all. It is the nasal spray not the pill though. I completely understand if you think this is too strange of an offer from someone you don't know but I just thought I would offer because I have some that will go unused and know the pain of a migraine personally. You are welcome to contact me offline directly at my email catherine_groen@... if you like. The nice thing about most of the migraine medicine is once you learn to recognize the onset of the headaches, if you take the medicine early on it only takes one pill to knock them out completely, at least that is my experience and I've heard that from other friends that suffer also. Best of luck to you and your daughter (both with college and the migraines:)). Cat in Atlanta, GA p.s. the other thing that really helps me aside from medicine, a completely dark room and lying in bed is an ice pack. Before I found a medicine that worked I would put a sports ice pack (one of those soft gel reusable kinds) on my temple and neck. Usually it would eventually numb the pain long enough for me to fall asleep. > Hey yall. > Blessings to my precious RA fam. I have a dilemma i need your > thoughts on. Chas, my 18 y.o. has migraines, which are fairly > frequent. ...> Love yall bunches. > jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2005 Report Share Posted July 26, 2005 thanks for your response, please excuse my taking forever to respond. Tawny mailed me the links to some pharm. companies, anything you might come up with would be greatly appreciated too. Along with green eyes, i managed to pass along the migraines and asthma to all my darlin' daughters. I get the visual migraines too, are they not weird? Like looking through a kaleidoscope is the only way I can describe it. Jane --- In , " jennay43334 " <jennay43334@y...> wrote: > Hi,I understand your dilemma, and encourage you to speak to your > doctor about programs that pharmecutical companies have for those who > fall into the " gray " area . They can give you medications at a much > lower cost or sometimes free. Your doctor should know of those > programs, all it takes is the doctor filling out forms the company > sends and then you can get the medications. I feel for you and your > daughter. I also suffered from migraines, and so did my own daughter, > and she still does. I just have the visual migraines mostly now. Hope > this helps. I have a list I will try to find of some of these > companies that do this. I think you can find some online. I hope this > is a good day for you and her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2005 Report Share Posted July 26, 2005 thanks for your response, please excuse my taking forever to respond. Tawny mailed me the links to some pharm. companies, anything you might come up with would be greatly appreciated too. Along with green eyes, i managed to pass along the migraines and asthma to all my darlin' daughters. I get the visual migraines too, are they not weird? Like looking through a kaleidoscope is the only way I can describe it. Jane > Hi,I understand your dilemma, and encourage you to speak to your > doctor about programs that pharmecutical companies have for those who > fall into the " gray " area . They can give you medications at a much > lower cost or sometimes free. Your doctor should know of those > programs, all it takes is the doctor filling out forms the company > sends and then you can get the medications. I feel for you and your > daughter. I also suffered from migraines, and so did my own daughter, > and she still does. I just have the visual migraines mostly now. Hope > this helps. I have a list I will try to find of some of these > companies that do this. I think you can find some online. I hope this > is a good day for you and her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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