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UCLA neurologist: 'Miserable job' treating migraines among low-income patients
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Apr 12, 2013
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UCLA neurologist: 'Miserable job' treating migraines among low-income patients
Mirta Orellana has lived with migraines for nearly a decade, and has resorted to taking her friends' leftover medication or buying foreign drugs to soothe them.
Generic aspirin lie inside its bottle March 14, 2006 in Des Plaines, Illinois. A new study reportedly states that there may risks in combining the blood-thinning drug Plavix with aspirin.
Generic aspirin lie inside its bottle March 14, 2006 in Des Plaines, Illinois. A new study reportedly states that there may risks in combining the blood-thinning drug Plavix with aspirin.
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Mirta Orellana has lived with migraines for nearly a decade, and has resorted to taking her friends' leftover medication or buying foreign drugs to soothe them.

Migraines are more than a headache. They're excruciating, can last for hours, they're expensive if they force you to miss work, and even more so when you add in money spent on prescription medicine to kill the pain. 

And if you don't have health insurance and can't pay for painkillers, you have a health problem that few people know exists, unless you're the one with the migraine. KPCC's Jose Martinez reports