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I am writing to you as my elected official to raise awareness of <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>, its impact on my life and request the new anti-CGRP class of medications be added to our provincial formulary 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>. These new, effective, safe, and tolerable medications are life-changing for many <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> patients. I unfortunately do not have private insurance.

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.

My physician is recommending, because no other therapies have been effective, that I start treatment to a CGRP. As mentioned, I unfortunately do not have private insurance and cannot get access to these medications without financial support from the provincial drug plan.

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 am greatly impacted by my <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> disorder and there is no cure. Accessing an effective medication is critical to my future.

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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>, I am asking the government to include CGRP’s on our drug plan immediately. Without access to this medication, I have no quality of life. I am not able to be a productive member of society and I not able to be the parent and spouse compared to when I am <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> free or have reduced severity and/or frequency. I will continue to be a burden to the healthcare system with frequent visits to the emergency department and appointments with my doctor(s). This stress on our healthcare system can be avoided by including these medications on our provincial drug plan.

I hope by what I have shared will help to reduce stigma and contribute to your team making a policy to include CGRP’s on our provincial formulary. Public coverage for me is the only way I can access this class of medications.

Sincerely,

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