Advocacy letter for Current CGRP Patients

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I am writing to you as my elected official to raise awareness and discuss the new anti-CGRP class of medications to treat <a class="glossaryLink"  aria-describedby="tt"  data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Migraine</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;A migraine is a powerful headache that often happens with nausea, vomiting, and sensitivity to light. Migraines can last from 4 hours to 3 days, and sometimes longer.Most people start having migraine headaches between ages 10 and 40. But many women find that their migraines improve or disappear after age 50.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Référence : webmd.com, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;https://www.webmd.com/migraines-headaches/migraines-headaches-migraines#1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;  consulted on july 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;,2019.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</div>"  href="https://migrainecanada.org/glossary/migraine/"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]' tabindex='0' role='link'>migraine</a>. I have had the opportunity to be prescribed and benefit from these new, effective, safe, and tolerable medications. For me, these medications have been life changing. I am writing to request the government include all new medications to our provincial drug program.

Experts estimate that <a class="glossaryLink"  aria-describedby="tt"  data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Migraine</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;A migraine is a powerful headache that often happens with nausea, vomiting, and sensitivity to light. Migraines can last from 4 hours to 3 days, and sometimes longer.Most people start having migraine headaches between ages 10 and 40. But many women find that their migraines improve or disappear after age 50.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Référence : webmd.com, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;https://www.webmd.com/migraines-headaches/migraines-headaches-migraines#1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;  consulted on july 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;,2019.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</div>"  href="https://migrainecanada.org/glossary/migraine/"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]' tabindex='0' role='link'>migraine</a> affects 4.5 million (12%) of Canadians and that 1-2% live with <a class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Chronic Migraine</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Chronic migraine is a distinct and relatively recently defined sub-type of Chronic Daily Headache. The International Headache Society defines chronic migraine as more than fifteen headache days per month over a three month period of which more than eight are migrainous, in the absence of medication overuse. Episodic migraine is the other migraine sub-type, which is defined as less than 15 headache days per month.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Reference : Written by Dr Fayyaz Ahmed MD FRCP MBA, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;https://www.migrainetrust.org/about-migraine/types-of-migraine/chronic-migraine/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;  july 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;,2019&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</div>" href="https://migrainecanada.org/glossary/chronic-migraine/" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]' tabindex="0" role="link">chronic migraine</a> 15 or more headache days per month). I am one of these people and without my CGRP medication, my life (and my loved ones) is deeply impacted in the worst way.

Although current therapies are sufficient for some Canadian patients to manage their <a class="glossaryLink"  aria-describedby="tt"  data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Migraine</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;A migraine is a powerful headache that often happens with nausea, vomiting, and sensitivity to light. Migraines can last from 4 hours to 3 days, and sometimes longer.Most people start having migraine headaches between ages 10 and 40. But many women find that their migraines improve or disappear after age 50.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Référence : webmd.com, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;https://www.webmd.com/migraines-headaches/migraines-headaches-migraines#1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;  consulted on july 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;,2019.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</div>"  href="https://migrainecanada.org/glossary/migraine/"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]' tabindex='0' role='link'>migraine</a>, for many, like me, these therapies are ineffective leaving me in pain, bedridden and disabled. There have not been any effective preventative medications designed to treatment <a class="glossaryLink"  aria-describedby="tt"  data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Migraine</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;A migraine is a powerful headache that often happens with nausea, vomiting, and sensitivity to light. Migraines can last from 4 hours to 3 days, and sometimes longer.Most people start having migraine headaches between ages 10 and 40. But many women find that their migraines improve or disappear after age 50.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Référence : webmd.com, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;https://www.webmd.com/migraines-headaches/migraines-headaches-migraines#1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;  consulted on july 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;,2019.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</div>"  href="https://migrainecanada.org/glossary/migraine/"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]' tabindex='0' role='link'>migraine</a> since 1993.  These new CGRP’s are effective, safe, and tolerable and have given Canadians, like me, back many days of normal function and significantly improved health outcomes.

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As a person living with <a class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Chronic Migraine</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Chronic migraine is a distinct and relatively recently defined sub-type of Chronic Daily Headache. The International Headache Society defines chronic migraine as more than fifteen headache days per month over a three month period of which more than eight are migrainous, in the absence of medication overuse. Episodic migraine is the other migraine sub-type, which is defined as less than 15 headache days per month.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Reference : Written by Dr Fayyaz Ahmed MD FRCP MBA, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;https://www.migrainetrust.org/about-migraine/types-of-migraine/chronic-migraine/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;  july 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;,2019&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</div>" href="https://migrainecanada.org/glossary/chronic-migraine/" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]' tabindex="0" role="link">chronic migraine</a> who has experienced first-hand how life changing CGRP’s can be, I am asking the government to include these medications on our drug plan as soon as possible. Without public financial support, many Canadians are not able to access these medications and will not experience the benefit. These medications can improve quality of life and be less of a burden on the healthcare system and contribute to society.

Sincerely,

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