Approximately 28 million Americans suffer from migraine -women three times more often than men¹-resulting in a decrease in productivity and an annual loss of 157 million workdays from the pain and associated symptoms.²

In one three-month study³, researchers asked 122 migraine sufferers with regular paid employment to keep a daily record of days missed due to migraine, as well as their own estimation of reduced productivity on the days they actually attended work with a migraine (lost work day equivalents). Among the findings in the study population:

• The average number of days absent due to headache was 1.1 days/person - a loss of about four workdays/year.³
• On average, self-reported job effectiveness fell 41 percent because of migraine.³
• The most disabled 20 percent of sufferers accounted for 77 percent of the days absent.³
• The most disabled 40 percent experienced 75 percent of lost workday equivalents.³

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Not only are women more likely to have migraine than men, but they are likely to experience greater pain and disability.⁴ According to a recent survey of working women conducted by the National Headache Foundation (NHF) and AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP, 90 percent of the women surveyed who get migraines have attacks at work.⁵ Of these,

• 41 percent cited workplace stress as their most common headache trigger.⁵
• 61 percent said their headaches become so severe they are forced to take time off from work.⁵
• Nearly 80 percent reported lost productivity.⁵

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