WASHINGTON, DC May 28th, 2008 - "Wherefore art thou, Midrin®?" we so politely & rhetorically asked our readers last Fall? Almost a half year ago MAGNUM did an investigative report due to the hundreds of calls, posts, and e-mails we had received concerning the lack of availability of the popular abortive Migraine medication called Midrin®. In addition, this concern was echoed at the time by our partner's website at the HealthCentral Network's MyMigraineConnection.com as well. Back in late March one of our readers, Mona, asked us; "I asked my doctor for a refill on my Midrin and he said it was no longer available. Is that correct?" Well of course Mona that is NOT correct! It concerns us that your doctor would tell you that a FDA approved medication which is currently available in no longer made. Particularly considering that there is no similar compound on the market to substitute in place of Midrin® and its generics.
Last month Kara posted a comment to tell us "It's still available because I just picked up a prescription today." But at the end of April a Migraineur in the Atlantic coastal state
of Delaware not to happy remarked "If anyone is posting that they ARE able to get Midrin or a form of it, please make sure you are writing which drug store has supplied it (re: the chain drugstores)... thanks!" So after reading their post we did a follow-up on the availability of Midrin and its generics, including contacting the suppliers. Here is what we found out;
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