Many migraine patients don't get medications -- due to cost

Migraine headaches are not pleasant -- ask anyone who has had them. Therefore, it's rather unfortunate that a new U.S.-based study finds that many migraine sufferers don't ever get the right or appropriate amount of medications for those migraines due to insurance amount restrictions -- in addition to fears of actually running out of certain migraine-reducing drugs.

The result? Migraine suffers cope with more pain and the potential for complete or partial disability from many things in life due to cost control by insurance companies. These folks almost certainly begin leading, at some point, a lower quality of life than they should.

After looking at the results of the study here, it seems that business decisions continue to take precedence over patient welfare. What else is new?