Title: Migraine (ER)
Producer: Emily Halevy
Feed: CWKN #388, June 4, 2008
Time: 1:28

SUGGESTED LEAD: FIVE PERCENT OF GRADE SCHOOL KIDS AND NEARLY 20 PERCENT OF HIGH SCHOOLERS SUFFER FROM MIGRAINE HEADACHES.  THE TRIGGERS ARE NUMEROUS … AND OFTEN THERE IS LITTLE HELP FOR THE PAIN.  THAT STORY IN TONIGHT’S CONNECT WITH KIDS FROM THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
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NATS: doc lightly knocking on door, walking in

NARR: THE ROOM IS DARK AND QUIET BECAUSE THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD NEENAH CUTLER HAS A MIGRAINE. (:05)

NATS: doc “When did it start?” girl “yesterday morning”  doc “you woke up with it or?”  girl “I woke up and I turned on the light to my room and it was just bad.”

NARR: SHE’S TAKEN BENADRYL AND TWO PAIN RELIEVERS, TORADOL (TORE-ah-doll) AND IMITREX, BUT NOTHING IS WORKING. (:06)

NATS: doc “Where are you hurting?  Where’s your head hurt?”  girl “Under, like the right side of my head.”

NARR: MIGRAINES CAN BE TRIGGERED BY CHANGES IN WEATHER, MEDICINE, TOO MUCH SLEEP, TOO LITTLE SLEEP … (:05)

SUPER: Lonnie King, M.D., Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
“Certain kinds of foods, certain kinds of stressors, there could be ties with the menstrual cycle also.”

NARR: THAT SEEMS TO BE THE CASE FOR NEENAH. (:02)

NATS: doc
“When was your last period?”  girl “Um.. about a month ago.”

NARR: SHE GETS HER MIGRAINES AT THE SAME TIME EVERY MONTH.

THERE ARE DAILY MEDICATIONS THAT CAN HELP PREVENT MIGRAINES … BUT THEY’RE NOT ALWAYS EFFECTIVE AND THEY HAVE SIDE EFFECTS. (:09)

NATS: Neenah’s Mother
“I’m kind of more along the line of thinking maybe if she got on a low dose birth control if that would help reduce something.”

NARR: THE DOCTOR SAYS BIRTH CONTROL PILLS MAY WORK, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE SIDE- EFFECTS. (:05)

SOT: Lonnie King, M.D., Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (1:09)
“There could be an increased risk to blood clots of serious side effects that it wouldn’t be the first choice, but it can be just a change in their life to be able to take something like that to prevent the migraines.”

NARR: NEENAH JUST WANTS THE PAIN TO GO AWAY. (:03)

NATS: doc


“Well, we’ll get you some relief.”

NARR:  I’M COLLIN SIEDOR FOR CONNECT WITH KIDS. (:03)

SUGGESTED TAG:  MIGRAINES CAN LAST FROM TWO TO 72 HOURS.  FOR MORE INFORMATION ON MIGRAINES LOG ONTO <LOCAL URL> AND CLICK ON THE CONNECT WITH KIDS ICON.