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Georgina O'Hara's severe headaches began in 1998. At first, they only occurred every couple of months. But they gradually increased in frequency and after a year, the Philadelphia-based attorney experienced two headaches a week--some moderate, some more extreme--prompting her to see a neurologist. Prescriptions for a variety of triptans, a class of pain-abortive migraine drugs, followed. "They didn't work-or I'd have to take two or three [doses] before they did," recalls O'Hara, 35.

Soon she was waking up to moderate pain almost daily, which she'd self-medicate with Tylenol or Advil and lots of coffee. Because the attacks still weren't under control and were sometimes accompanied by decreased sensation on one side of O'Hara's body, a new neurologist prescribed a daily dose of verapamil--a calcium channel blocker available under a variety of brand names that helps prevent migraines but is more commonly used for blood pressure and heart conditions. That helped with the severity and frequency of the pain, but also exhausted O'Hara and prevented her from trying to become pregnant because of potential risks to a fetus.

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