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Nearly one in five French people suffers from migraine. At the moment there is no therapybut a new preventive treatment, in the form of injections, gives rise to hope. However, it amounts to 200 euros per month.
Nearly a billion people around the world are reached migraine, which can ruin life. “It is both a hypersensitivity of the neurons of the brain, but also a hyper-inflammation of the arteries of the brain” what causes the pain, explains Damien Mascretjournalist and doctor, present on the set of 19/20, Wednesday October 12. At 36, Alexia has suffered from migraine since her twenties. In times of crisis, the only solution for her is to stay in the dark, in silence. “It can last several hours, sometimes even several days“, she confides.
The added difficulty is that the disease is sometimes not taken seriously. No processing of background then does not exist in the event of a crisis, Alexia takes medication to stop them. But these have less effect now, because his body got used to it. Thus, uA new treatment in the form of an injection, to be carried out once a month, was prescribed to him. Since then, his seizures have become rarer and less severe. It costs him 230 euros per months since this treatment is not reimbursed. A decision iincomprehensible for Sabine Debremaekerpresident of the association “The voice of migraineurs”, because the treatment is already reimbursed in 24 European countries.
The association “The Voice of Migraineurs”
Francophone Migraine Summit organized by La Voix des Migraineux
The opinions of the High Authority for Health
The response of the Minister of Health to a question in the Senate on reimbursement
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High Authority of Health
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