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Tue 03 Mar 2010The painful price of migraine pills

The prohibitive cost of migraine medication is causing sufferers to think twice before reaching for their pain relief, writes FIONA REDDAN

While the cost of migraine medication has been an issue for some time, it has been exacerbated by falling incomes and the recent hike in the monthly limit of the Drugs Payment Scheme to €120.