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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello, and welcome to the weekly show here on iHeartRadio
and nine three nine LIGHTFM, one All three five Kiss FM,
and Rock ninety five to five. I'm Paulina, and every
week we're here to discuss a variety of topics that
matter to Chicagoland, from health, education, to finances and so
much more. Today on the show, we have our friends
at the Latina Sweat Project joining us to talk about
their upcoming initiatives and also talking about their upcoming galap
(00:23):
We also have another episode with Brady and Whitney for
another episode of Whitney's Women. Let's kick off the show. Hi,
It's Paulina here with iHeartMedia Chicago, and today I am
chatting with doctor Allan Rappaport. How are you today?
Speaker 2 (00:38):
I'm doing well. Thank you for asking, Thank.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
You for being here with us today, Doctor Allen m Rapaport,
migraine specialist. We are talking today about a new option
for migraines and then of course cluster headache relief, something
that I think many of us can relate to. I
really truly don't even know if the age matters, gender, sex, anything.
I truly feel like we all can relate when it
comes to just you know, the aspreciating pain and annoyance
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that comes with migrains. So, first and foremost, doctor Allen
and Rappaport, would you mind just giving us a little
bit of a background about yourself.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Who were being a headache specialist for many years. I
started out as a general neurologist in Connecticut, and I
was a professor at a couple of institutions, one in Connecticut, Yale,
and then.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
One in New York, Columbia.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
And about seventeen years ago I moved to California to
be at UCLA following out a daughter there, and I
was president of the International Headache Society. And I've written
over three hundred and fifty articles, mostly on headache, and
all day long I talked to and take care of
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headache patients.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
So I am a headache specialist absolutely.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
And why are migraining and cluster headacks so difficult to treat?
Speaker 4 (02:04):
Right?
Speaker 1 (02:04):
And how do they impact people's daily lives?
Speaker 3 (02:07):
So let me tell you a little bit first about migraine.
Migraine is usually inherited and it's a lifelong disease, and
during that life, patients will have on average one to
three migraine attacks a month. Sometimes more, sometimes less, and
that'll be a moderately severe pain on one side of
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the head, often in the front, or in the temple,
or in and around the eye, and it's.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
A bad one.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
And along with the pain, they have some nausea and vomiting.
Light and sound bothers them. They don't want to move
because it hurts more when they move, and it'll lasts
a good day if it's not properly treated, and sometimes
more than a day. It's much more common in women
than men, and it starts at a younger age, sometimes
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in women and men as boys and girls, and certainly
by the time you're twenty five.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
You have it.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
Cluster headache is a little more common in men. It's
a more severe and excruciatingly severe pain in or behind
the eye. And during this terrible pain that the patient
can't stand at all. They can't lie down, they have
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to be up moving, They rock back and forth, they
bang their head.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
On the wall.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
During this pain, that eye on that side turns red
and in tears, and they It's been called suicide headache
because if you can't find a treatment that helps them,
they contemplate suicide.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
It's so severe. Luckily for them.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
It doesn't last a day, It only lasts forty five minutes.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
To a few hours.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
But it recurs during the day, so they may have
three or four attacks, like it's even in the middle
of the night, it might wake them up. And then
after about eight weeks or so, it disappears, just the
way that it came and very different from migraine. It's
not always present, but some people with chronic cluster headache
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it doesn't disappear.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
And it's always there.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
So those are the difference between the two and why
are we concerned about people not getting the right treatment.
But with migraine, there are a lot of treatments available
for many years now, and they're usually pills. And when
you take a pill and you're nauseated or vomiting, that
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pill doesn't go down into your GI track well and
it might actually.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
Not be absorbed well.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
Also, sometimes when you take a pill, you'll get better,
but the headache will come back in a short perioderiod
of time or several hours. And so one of the
things I really like about this Rekia autoinjector is it
bypasses the GI track because it's being given by a
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little injection under the skin and it has DCH or
dihydro orgotamine.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
In it, which I really have liked over the years.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
It's been around for seventy years and I've used it
for fifty years. But it was very hard to use
because you have to give it by injection off an
IV injection in the hospital in the emergency room, and
many emergency rooms don't even have it, or in my office.
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And so the fact that this company has come out
with an autoinjector Rikia autoinjector where patients can actually take
it at home is really tremendous. And cluster headache is
so steve and it comes on so quickly, within minutes.
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It's that it's maximum severity. You have to treat it
with an injection, and there is one injection available and
it sometimes works well, and sometimes it works not so well,
and sometimes it doesn't work at all. So having another
injection approved by the FDA for cluster as well as
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migraine is beneficial for us.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
Absolutely, doctor, I couldn't agree more. And then you know,
what should patients know if they're interested in this specific
treatment right and when will it be available for everybody?
Speaker 3 (06:39):
So it's available right now, and if patients call a doctor.
Today they could get a prescription for it, but it's
so new that doctors may not know about it. And
if they don't know about it, they can go to
Brikia dot com which is spelled b.
Speaker 5 (06:57):
R e kiya dot com and the patient can learn
about it, and if it sounds like it would be
good for them, they.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Can call the doctor.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
And if the doctor doesn't know about it, they should
advocate for themselves and say I'd like you to order
this for me, but could you read up on it
and here's how you can do that. And they have
to know that they can only order it from one
of two specialty pharmacies Sterling Specialty Pharmacy or Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy.
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They can't order it from a regular Walgreens. And the
reason is they've the companies made it very easy for
the patient, so they ship it right to the patient
at home once it's ordered, so all they have to
do is use it at home or in the office.
You don't need refrigeration or anything like that. And just
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before I finish, I want to say that not everybody
should take it and tell you.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Who shouldn't take it. So people who are on strong
SIP three A four.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
Inhibitor drugs, especially for AIDS treatment or macrolide antibiotics for infection.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
Shouldn't take it.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
People with severe ischemic heart disease shouldn't take it. People
who are taking trip hands or ergots on that day
for their migraine shouldn't take it. If you're pregnant or breastfeeding,
will have high blood pressure, you shouldn't take it. Other
than that, everybody with migraine or cluster is eligible, and
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a lot of people will find that it may work
better than whatever they're on and they should get a
prescription from their doctor for it.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
Amazing.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
This is a great information and I think it's going
to help a lot of people. So thank you so much,
doctor Rappaport for being here with us today. We appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
You're welcome. Thank you good, thank you.
Speaker 6 (09:01):
Yes.
Speaker 7 (09:02):
And it is so perfect, very fitting that we have
her on Thanksgiving weekend because we are all thankful for
everything she does for the city or Chicago in the world.
It is Whitney's Women, with the one and only Whitney Reynolds.
Welcome back.
Speaker 8 (09:14):
Hello, Hello, it is and tis this season now of
good deeds and finding the good in our city. You know,
the holidays just kind of rush that in Brady. So
I'm really excited to welcome this Weekend's Whitney's woman to
the show. We have Patty Mark. She is the vice
president of the Service Club and they have a big
holiday luncheon coming up. Patty, welcome to the show.
Speaker 6 (09:37):
Hi Whitney, thanks for having me.
Speaker 8 (09:40):
I know, girlfriend, thanks for squeezing us. And I know
it's a busy time of year and you have a
lot of stuff going on. First of all, will you
tell our listeners a little bit about the Service Club
of Chicago.
Speaker 6 (09:52):
The Service Coop of Chicogo is an all women's organization
that has been around since the eighteen nineties and what
they've always done is serve raise money to give back
to the Chicago community of charitabo needs people now apply
for grants and we do an amazing job. It's a
(10:15):
wide variety of charities that we give to and all
for supporting Chicago. So we raised money can give right
back to the community.
Speaker 8 (10:25):
I love that. And one thing I want to point
out because I find it so amazing is the events
that we're going to get to in a minute. They
actually go back towards these grants. You're not just handing
out a check. You're actually handing out a tangible need
that use grantees and nonprofits apply for.
Speaker 6 (10:41):
That is correct. We don't pay them direct money. We
paid the invoices for whatever it is that their need
or what they've applied for their grant for. So again,
a wide variety from a bed bug protection to food pantries,
to arts and for stage and sound and lighting. So
(11:04):
it's just a large need that goes out to a huge,
huge Actually, we've given grants to people the little miniature horses,
what they put a little horse, them little and we
paid to pay have boots so that they can go
into the nursing homes and their service animals. And it's
a fantastic thing. So white variety.
Speaker 8 (11:26):
Oh yeah, you know, you're giving so many good examples.
Those little pony boots got me a big time because
I got to see them live in action. I was
doing a story years ago and I got to see
the ponies. And you wouldn't think that the boots make
a huge like that, it would be such a need,
but it is when it comes to, you know, making
these grants happen for these nonprofits. So the event next week,
(11:49):
the Holiday Luncheon, one of my favorite times to get
together and know that you're doing good for the city
and getting all festive. Tell us about what's coming up.
Speaker 6 (11:59):
It's actually holiday lunch. It is is December ninth, I
believe it's Monday, December ninth, from ten to three. It's
going to be at the Union Link Club and we
have several vendors that come to sell merchandise which they
also donate part portion of their proceeds back to the
Service Club. So again focusing on our grant to make
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money for our grandees. We have a silent auction and
there's a raffle and we sing a lot of great songs.
There's a time to sell, will be singing with the
twelve Days of Christmas, and we just have a lot
of fun. It's a great, great venue and actually a
very beautiful venue for all of us ladies to get
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together and make money so that we can make a difference.
Speaker 8 (12:52):
That is right. And if somebody not only wants to
learn more about the mission, this is a great way
to dip their toe in and also you know you're
always accepting new members applications. It's a great way to
give back in our city. I love that it's the
oldest women's organization. Is that right? Is that what you said?
Speaker 6 (13:08):
Well, I believe so I couldn't. Yeah, I love it.
Speaker 8 (13:16):
I love it. Okay, Well, tell people again where they
can get tickets and how to get involved December night
at go to the service Class dot org.
Speaker 6 (13:25):
It makes me go to they actually did. The website
is if you just googled the web, the Service Club
Club of the website will come up, and it brings
you up to a homepage. But it also will well,
you can go to the events section and it will
show you where where you can buy tickets for the
holiday luncheon.
Speaker 8 (13:47):
That is amazing, Thank you so much. Yeah, go ahead.
Speaker 6 (13:51):
Oh I'm sorry for Raffle. You also play Raffle tickets
and if you're going to attend, if you'd like to
to uh, they're going to have a uh you can
buy champagne and you can also buy a ravel tickets
to buy to get a wonderful centerpiece that they're always
very pitiful. Oh yeah, just other little race of money
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making money that we can know in a beautiful way.
Speaker 8 (14:16):
Making money in a beautiful way that gives back to
our nonprofit scene. It's a total win win and it's
a great way to kick off your holiday shopping. Patti,
thank you so much for coming.
Speaker 6 (14:25):
On my pleasure. Whitney, thank you for having me.
Speaker 7 (14:30):
I love it the holiday season. And it's not just
giving in November and December. Whitney, you're doing it year round.
And I know you've been doing it with The Whitney
Reynolds Show and you're always busy.
Speaker 8 (14:38):
What's coming up for you, oh, meganness, Well, we are
doing our Whitney Reynolds Show crossover event called the Wrap
is where we bring our season whatever season we're on
our topic. So right now we're on season ten, so
we're bringing season ten over to other networks. Our first
airing on another network will be on WGN on December seventh.
(14:59):
You'll see our live audience and again you'll get an
overview of The Whitney Reynolds Show. Our goal is to
be the strongest voice of hope when it comes to media,
and so that's how we're doing it with these crossovers,
and so December seventh at noon, you don't want to
miss it. We also bring in local experts and there
are surprises for our viewers in some big ways, so
you don't want to miss it. For more info, you
(15:20):
can go to Whitney Reynolds dot com.
Speaker 7 (15:22):
Of course, Whitney Reynolds will be bringing competitors together. That's
just that's so on brand for you. I feel like,
I feel like at some point in your career, in
your life, you will have packers, fans and bears, fans
hugging each other.
Speaker 8 (15:34):
You know it, you know it. We all have a
story and that matters. That's the tagline.
Speaker 7 (15:38):
I love it, Whitney. We'll talk to you soon. Thanks again,
Thank you.
Speaker 8 (15:43):
Hi.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
It's Paulina here with iHeartRadio Chicago and today I have
our friends from the Latino Sweat Project. I have the
owner and founder, Maggie Crenonez. How are you today, Hello, Hello,
good morning.
Speaker 9 (15:55):
Thank you for having us.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
Yes, thank you so much for being here today. Maggie.
I'm excited to read connect with you. You and I have
connected before previously. I want to say, maybe cople up
two or three months ago. And I'm excited I have
you on the show today. I'm excited to chat with you.
I'm excited for something really cool. What's up and coming
for you guys as well. But first things first, can
you give us a little bit of a background about
yourself and then of course about Latino Swab project.
Speaker 4 (16:20):
Yes, thank you so much and I'm really excited to
reconnect to I'm I was born in Mexico, raised here
in the southwest side of Chicago in LaVita, the little
village neighborhood here in Chicago. And you know a little
bit of about Latin Sweat. We unofficially started about ten
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years ago now when we first started fundraising through yoga.
So I just started teaching yoga pop ups in the
Southwest Side, just fundraised for different causes in the city,
and then eventually over time started fundraising to to.
Speaker 9 (16:57):
Certify each other.
Speaker 4 (16:59):
So myself and a couple of girlfriends also from the
south of side of Chicago, that's my Dan, Ivan Savonica,
who are also founders of latinos Sweat to fundraise some more.
Speaker 9 (17:09):
So this is us ten years later with our own
brick and mortar.
Speaker 4 (17:14):
I kind of sped through a lot of a lot
of things in between, but we are now an official nonprofit.
We have our own yoga studio that offers you know, yoga, pilates,
strength training, dance, fitness and and really excited to say
that we are also certifying other instructors ourselves here.
Speaker 9 (17:34):
Our first cohort is graduating next week. That's wow.
Speaker 4 (17:37):
Members that are going to be certified to teach yoga
the first that it's kind really really excited to share
that in our upcoming events too.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
That is so incredible. Congratulations on all of that as well.
So really quick, what was sort of the not even
the inspiration behind like all that you've done with the
Latino Sweat Project, But you know, when did you realize
there was an extreme.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
You need for this?
Speaker 9 (18:01):
My gosh, so many, so many times.
Speaker 4 (18:03):
But you know, I will say that I think the
biggest one was when I was teaching at a county jail.
It was one of the first places that I went
back to in my community to teach, and I was
allowed to teach to incarcerated women that were on their
way out. So it was a part of like a
recovery program to allow women to just have this like
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resource essentially to.
Speaker 9 (18:28):
Self regularly.
Speaker 4 (18:29):
Right and after the classes, I would always get asked,
you know, once I'm out, where can I go see you?
Or where can I do this more regularly? Or where
can I take classes, and it's kind of this light
bulb moment when I realized, there is no place that
I can, you know, with good conscious recommend not just
because you know, not to not to say that any
organization wouldn't welcome in the next incarcerated person, but it's
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just so expensive, right. The field is so expensive even
just like the leggings are hundreds of dollars, the maths
or hundreds of dollars, memberships or other hundreds of dollars,
and so complete, inaccessible in its own realm. And so
that's kind of where our mission started. Our mission started
to create accessible yoga programs that were available not in
the community, didn't force anybody to leave their communities to
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go and be a part of something.
Speaker 9 (19:16):
And that's where we're at.
Speaker 4 (19:17):
Now.
Speaker 9 (19:18):
Wow, that is so incredible.
Speaker 1 (19:20):
And what about you know, yoga and wellness? Why is
that missing in certain spaces in Chicago? Why are we
not able to access that?
Speaker 2 (19:29):
Do you think? No?
Speaker 9 (19:31):
I think that's a really good question.
Speaker 4 (19:32):
And I you know, I don't know if this is
your experience too, but I never grew up with you know,
health and wellness in my community or not even I'm
going to say my family. You know, it wasn't a
huge centerpiece for us. We were definitely, I want to say,
mostly in survival mode. I think it's representative of the
South West Side to just be you know, hustlers, hard workers,
head down, working hard, and and that's it, right and
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without necessarily centering ourselves. We're always taking care of others.
We're always taking care of our family members, our community members,
but never looking within. And you know, when I first
graduated from uic here with my engineering degree, I was
still undocumented at the time, so the Dream Act hadn't happened,
and I wasn't able to work right away, and so
it was one of those times where I fell into
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this abyss right like what do I do now with myself?
Speaker 9 (20:19):
And it was one of those first times that I was.
Speaker 4 (20:21):
Forced to, you know, exercise and I got one of
those like three weeks at a corporate yoa space I
went and I loved it, became obsessed with it, and
it was one of those things where I realized, like,
this is something that needs to happen in our community,
and it's our community.
Speaker 9 (20:35):
It wouldn't be a luxury or a privilege.
Speaker 4 (20:37):
It's something that we like, absolutely, absolutely need and so
bringing it back full circle. I do think that it's
missing because it is just really high price items and
all those things. But also we're just not we don't
learn that when we grow up. We don't learn that.
It's not part of our routine as kids. And so
now it's you know, it's our responsibility to bring it back.
Speaker 1 (20:58):
Yeah, one hundred percent agree with thing that you said.
That is very much on point, especially if you are
from the south South South Ofst Side of Chicago. That
is our reality. So I love all the work that
you're doing. And for those just tuning in. Latino Sweat
Project is a Chicago based a wellness nonprofit making yoga
and holistic health truly accessible to block to black, brown,
immigrant and underserved neighborhoods. And of course we have to
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talk about an upcoming event that you are having on
December eleventh, so tell us about that.
Speaker 4 (21:24):
Amazing We're going to have this incredible, incredible galle It's
our first one, our first annual gala, first one Latinos
West is throwing and hosting incredible team behind it that's
put so much work, so thoughtful, from you know, the
the centerpieces to the programming that's going to be available,
and it's all for the great cause, right, the cause
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of bringing wellness, accessible wellness to our neighborhoods and making
sure that it stays here with us.
Speaker 9 (21:51):
So really excited to invite everyone that can make the time.
Speaker 4 (21:54):
It's a Thursday, hopefully an accessible day, December eleventh, starting
at seven pm.
Speaker 9 (21:59):
We're so so excited, uh to host you.
Speaker 1 (22:03):
That is so incredible. And then for those attending the gala,
what can we expect.
Speaker 9 (22:09):
We will have live music, live performances.
Speaker 4 (22:12):
We have these incredible groups also from the community that
are going to be performing sarsaata for us. We have
some incredible DJs, I know Dj Barbie also from the
Southeast side, really incredible DJ sounds, and a lot of
bites and foods from local organizations as well. So just
a lot of community made, community love and then high
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end celebration.
Speaker 8 (22:35):
Right.
Speaker 4 (22:35):
So I believe that that our theme is Roaring twenties
in New York City, So anna to the Latin American
Roaring twenties. And how we also dressed up just incredibly
fancy and beautiful ourselves too.
Speaker 9 (22:49):
Concert really really good time.
Speaker 1 (22:53):
That is so cool. Well, thank you so much for
being here with us today. We appreciate you so much.
Where can we follow Latino's project and keep up with
you guys even just you know, holiday season, but of
course in the upcoming year as well.
Speaker 9 (23:04):
Thank you so much, Ballina.
Speaker 4 (23:05):
We are at latinosaproject dot com is where all of
our updates, all of our events are are showing up.
But we're also on TikTok. We're also on Instagram, very active,
look us up latinasa project on there as well, very
very very cool following and very cool of our followers
to post really cool stuff.
Speaker 9 (23:24):
So I would love you and keep up with us
right now. I keep up with our with our students.
They're they're really creative and really great outlets for us too.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
That's amazing.
Speaker 1 (23:32):
Thank you so much for being here that today.
Speaker 9 (23:34):
We really appreciate it. Thank you, Felina.
Speaker 1 (23:36):
Hello and welcome to the weekly show here on iHeartRadio
and I E three nine Light FM, one three five
Kiss FM and Rock ninety five to five. I'm Paulina,
and every week we're here to discuss a variety of
topics that matter to Chicagoland, from health, education, to finances
and so much more. Today on the show, we have
our friends at the Latina Sweat Project joining us to
talk about their upcoming initiatives and also talking about their
(23:59):
upcoming gallup. We also have another episode with Brady and
Whitney for another episode of Whitney's Women. Let's kick off
the show. Hi, it's Paulina here with iHeartMedia Chicago and
today I am chatting with doctor Allan Rappaport.
Speaker 2 (24:12):
How are you today? I'm doing well. Thank you for asking, Thank.
Speaker 1 (24:18):
You for being here with us today, Doctor Allen m Rapaport,
migraine specialist. We are talking today about a new option
for migraines and then of course cluster headache relief, something
that I think many of us can relate to. I
really truly don't even know if the age matters, gender, sex, anything.
I truly feel like we all can relate when it
comes to just, you know, the the extruciating pain and
(24:41):
annoyance that comes with migraines. So, first and foremost, doctor
Allen and Rappaport, would you mind just giving us a
little bit of a background about yourself.
Speaker 3 (24:51):
Who're been a headache specialist for many years. I started
out as a general neurologist in Connecticut and I was
a profession are at a couple of institutions, one in Connecticut, Yale,
and then one in New York, Columbia, And about seventeen
(25:12):
years ago I moved to California to be at UCLA
following out a daughter there, and I was president of
the International Headache Society. And I've written over three hundred
and fifty articles, mostly on headache, and all day long
I talked to and take care of headache patients.
Speaker 2 (25:34):
So I am a headache specialist absolutely.
Speaker 1 (25:38):
And why are migraining in cluster headachs so difficult to
treat right? And how do they impact people's daily lives?
Speaker 3 (25:44):
So let me tell you a little bit first about migraine.
Migraine is usually inherited and it's a lifelong disease. And
during that life, patients will have on average one to
three migraine attacks a month, sometimes more, sometimes and less.
And that'll be a moderately severe pain on one side
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of the head, often in the front, or in the
temple or in and around the eye, and it's a
bad one. And along with the pain, they have some
nausea and vomiting. Light and sound bothers them. They don't
want to move because it hurts more when they move,
and it'll lasts a good day if it's not properly treated,
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and sometimes more than a day. It's much more common
in women than men, and it starts at a younger age,
sometimes in women and men as boys and girls, and
certainly by the time you're twenty five.
Speaker 2 (26:41):
You have it.
Speaker 3 (26:43):
Cluster headache is a little more common in men. It's
a more severe and excruciatingly severe pain in or behind
the eye. And during this terrible pain that the patient
can't stand at all. They can't lie down, they have
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to be up moving, They rock back and forth, they
bang their head.
Speaker 2 (27:07):
On the wall. During this pain, that.
Speaker 3 (27:10):
Eye on that side turns red and it tears, and
they It's been called suicide headache because if you can't
find a treatment that helps them, they contemplate suicide. It's
so severe. Luckily for them, it doesn't last a day.
It only lasts forty five minutes to a few hours.
(27:32):
But it recurs during the day, so they may have
three or four attacks like this.
Speaker 2 (27:37):
Even in the middle of the night.
Speaker 3 (27:39):
It might wake them up, and then after about eight
weeks or so, it disappears, just the way that it
came and very different from migraine. It's not always present,
but some people with chronic cluster headache it doesn't disappear
and it's always there. So those are the difference between
(28:00):
the two, and why are we concerned about people not
getting the right treatment. But with migraine, there are a
lot of treatments available for many years now, and they're
usually pills. And when you take a pill and you're
nauseated or vomiting, that pill doesn't go down into your
(28:22):
GI track well and it might actually not be absorbed well. Also,
sometimes when you take a pill, you'll get better, but
the headache will come back in a short period of
time or several hours. And so one of the things
I really like about this Rikia autoinjector is it bypasses
(28:47):
the GI track because it's being given by a little
injection under the skin and it has dch or dihydro orgotamine.
Speaker 2 (28:57):
In it, which I really have liked over the years.
Speaker 3 (29:00):
It's been around for seventy years and I've used it
for fifty years. But it was very hard to use
because you have to give it by injection, often IV
injection in the hospital in the emergency room, and many
emergency rooms don't even have it or in my office,
(29:21):
And so the fact that this company has come out
with an autoinjector Rikia autoinjector where patients can actually take
it at home is really tremendous. And cluster headache is
so severe and it comes on so quickly, within minutes,
(29:41):
it's that it's maximum severity.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
You have to treat it with an injection, and.
Speaker 3 (29:47):
There is one injection available and it sometimes works well,
and sometimes it works not so well, and sometimes it
doesn't work at all. So having another injection approved by
the FDA for cluster as well as migraine is beneficial
for us.
Speaker 1 (30:06):
Absolutely, doctor I couldn't agree more. And then you know,
what should patients know if they're interested in this specific
treatment right and when will it be available for everybody?
Speaker 3 (30:16):
So it's available right now, and if patients called a
doctor today they could get a prescription for it. But
it's so new that doctors may not know about it.
And if they don't know about it, they can go
to Brikia dot com which is spelled b r e
kiya dot com and the patient can learn about it
(30:42):
and if it sounds like it would be good for them,
they can call a doctor, and if the doctor doesn't
know about it, they should advocate for themselves and say
I'd like you to order this.
Speaker 2 (30:53):
For me, but could you read up on it and
here's how you can do that.
Speaker 3 (30:58):
And they have to know so that they can only
order it from one of two specialty pharmacies Sterling Specialty
Pharmacy or Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy.
Speaker 2 (31:11):
They can't order it from irregular Walgreens.
Speaker 3 (31:14):
And the reason is they've the company's made it very
easy for the patient, so they ship it right to
the patient at home once it's ordered, So all they
have to do is use it at home or in
the office. You don't need refrigeration or anything like that.
And just before I finish, I want to say that
(31:35):
not everybody should take it and tell you who shouldn't
take it.
Speaker 2 (31:41):
So people who are on strong SIP three A.
Speaker 3 (31:44):
Four inhibitor drugs, especially for AIDS treatment, or macrolide antibiotics
for infection.
Speaker 2 (31:53):
Shouldn't take it.
Speaker 3 (31:54):
People with severe ischemic heart disease shouldn't take it. Who
are taking trip tnds or ergots on that day for
their migraine shouldn't take it. If you're pregnant or breastfeeding,
will have high blood pressure, you shouldn't take it. Other
than that, everybody with migraine or cluster is eligible and
(32:17):
a lot of people will find that it may work
better than whatever they're on and they should get a
prescription from their doctor for it.
Speaker 2 (32:27):
Amazing.
Speaker 1 (32:28):
This is a great information and I think it's going
to help a lot of people. So thank you so much,
doctor Rappaport for being here with us today. We appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (32:35):
You're welcome, Thank you good, thank you.
Speaker 1 (32:38):
Ye, thank you so much, and thank you for listening
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Thank you all so much, and if you also have
(32:59):
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you can email us at Paulina at iHeartMedia dot com
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so much. Have a great and safe weekend, and we'll
talk to you again next weekend.
Hello, and welcome to the weekly show here on iHeartRadio
and nine three nine LIGHTFM, one All three five Kiss FM,
and Rock ninety five to five. I'm Paulina, and every
week we're here to discuss a variety of topics that
matter to Chicagoland, from health, education, to finances and so
much more. Today on the show, we have our friends
at the Latina Sweat Project joining us to talk about
their upcoming initiatives and also talking about their upcoming galap
(00:23):
We also have another episode with Brady and Whitney for
another episode of Whitney's Women. Let's kick off the show. Hi,
It's Paulina here with iHeartMedia Chicago, and today I am
chatting with doctor Allan Rappaport. How are you today?
Speaker 2 (00:38):
I'm doing well. Thank you for asking, Thank.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
You for being here with us today, Doctor Allen m Rapaport,
migraine specialist. We are talking today about a new option
for migraines and then of course cluster headache relief, something
that I think many of us can relate to. I
really truly don't even know if the age matters, gender, sex, anything.
I truly feel like we all can relate when it
comes to just you know, the aspreciating pain and annoyance
(01:05):
that comes with migrains. So, first and foremost, doctor Allen
and Rappaport, would you mind just giving us a little
bit of a background about yourself.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Who were being a headache specialist for many years. I
started out as a general neurologist in Connecticut, and I
was a professor at a couple of institutions, one in Connecticut, Yale,
and then.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
One in New York, Columbia.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
And about seventeen years ago I moved to California to
be at UCLA following out a daughter there, and I
was president of the International Headache Society. And I've written
over three hundred and fifty articles, mostly on headache, and
all day long I talked to and take care of
(01:56):
headache patients.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
So I am a headache specialist absolutely.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
And why are migraining and cluster headacks so difficult to treat?
Speaker 4 (02:04):
Right?
Speaker 1 (02:04):
And how do they impact people's daily lives?
Speaker 3 (02:07):
So let me tell you a little bit first about migraine.
Migraine is usually inherited and it's a lifelong disease, and
during that life, patients will have on average one to
three migraine attacks a month. Sometimes more, sometimes less, and
that'll be a moderately severe pain on one side of
(02:28):
the head, often in the front, or in the temple,
or in and around the eye, and it's.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
A bad one.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
And along with the pain, they have some nausea and vomiting.
Light and sound bothers them. They don't want to move
because it hurts more when they move, and it'll lasts
a good day if it's not properly treated, and sometimes
more than a day. It's much more common in women
than men, and it starts at a younger age, sometimes
(02:59):
in women and men as boys and girls, and certainly
by the time you're twenty five.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
You have it.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
Cluster headache is a little more common in men. It's
a more severe and excruciatingly severe pain in or behind
the eye. And during this terrible pain that the patient
can't stand at all. They can't lie down, they have
(03:27):
to be up moving, They rock back and forth, they
bang their head.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
On the wall.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
During this pain, that eye on that side turns red
and in tears, and they It's been called suicide headache
because if you can't find a treatment that helps them,
they contemplate suicide.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
It's so severe. Luckily for them.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
It doesn't last a day, It only lasts forty five minutes.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
To a few hours.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
But it recurs during the day, so they may have
three or four attacks, like it's even in the middle
of the night, it might wake them up. And then
after about eight weeks or so, it disappears, just the
way that it came and very different from migraine. It's
not always present, but some people with chronic cluster headache
(04:18):
it doesn't disappear.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
And it's always there.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
So those are the difference between the two and why
are we concerned about people not getting the right treatment.
But with migraine, there are a lot of treatments available
for many years now, and they're usually pills. And when
you take a pill and you're nauseated or vomiting, that
(04:43):
pill doesn't go down into your GI track well and
it might actually.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
Not be absorbed well.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
Also, sometimes when you take a pill, you'll get better,
but the headache will come back in a short perioderiod
of time or several hours. And so one of the
things I really like about this Rekia autoinjector is it
bypasses the GI track because it's being given by a
(05:13):
little injection under the skin and it has DCH or
dihydro orgotamine.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
In it, which I really have liked over the years.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
It's been around for seventy years and I've used it
for fifty years. But it was very hard to use
because you have to give it by injection off an
IV injection in the hospital in the emergency room, and
many emergency rooms don't even have it, or in my office.
(05:44):
And so the fact that this company has come out
with an autoinjector Rikia autoinjector where patients can actually take
it at home is really tremendous. And cluster headache is
so steve and it comes on so quickly, within minutes.
(06:04):
It's that it's maximum severity. You have to treat it
with an injection, and there is one injection available and
it sometimes works well, and sometimes it works not so well,
and sometimes it doesn't work at all. So having another
injection approved by the FDA for cluster as well as
(06:25):
migraine is beneficial for us.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
Absolutely, doctor, I couldn't agree more. And then you know,
what should patients know if they're interested in this specific
treatment right and when will it be available for everybody?
Speaker 3 (06:39):
So it's available right now, and if patients call a doctor.
Today they could get a prescription for it, but it's
so new that doctors may not know about it. And
if they don't know about it, they can go to
Brikia dot com which is spelled b.
Speaker 5 (06:57):
R e kiya dot com and the patient can learn
about it, and if it sounds like it would be
good for them, they.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Can call the doctor.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
And if the doctor doesn't know about it, they should
advocate for themselves and say I'd like you to order
this for me, but could you read up on it
and here's how you can do that. And they have
to know that they can only order it from one
of two specialty pharmacies Sterling Specialty Pharmacy or Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy.
(07:34):
They can't order it from a regular Walgreens. And the
reason is they've the companies made it very easy for
the patient, so they ship it right to the patient
at home once it's ordered, so all they have to
do is use it at home or in the office.
You don't need refrigeration or anything like that. And just
(07:56):
before I finish, I want to say that not everybody
should take it and tell you.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Who shouldn't take it. So people who are on strong
SIP three A four.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
Inhibitor drugs, especially for AIDS treatment or macrolide antibiotics for infection.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
Shouldn't take it.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
People with severe ischemic heart disease shouldn't take it. People
who are taking trip hands or ergots on that day
for their migraine shouldn't take it. If you're pregnant or breastfeeding,
will have high blood pressure, you shouldn't take it. Other
than that, everybody with migraine or cluster is eligible, and
(08:41):
a lot of people will find that it may work
better than whatever they're on and they should get a
prescription from their doctor for it.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
Amazing.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
This is a great information and I think it's going
to help a lot of people. So thank you so much,
doctor Rappaport for being here with us today. We appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
You're welcome. Thank you good, thank you.
Speaker 6 (09:01):
Yes.
Speaker 7 (09:02):
And it is so perfect, very fitting that we have
her on Thanksgiving weekend because we are all thankful for
everything she does for the city or Chicago in the world.
It is Whitney's Women, with the one and only Whitney Reynolds.
Welcome back.
Speaker 8 (09:14):
Hello, Hello, it is and tis this season now of
good deeds and finding the good in our city. You know,
the holidays just kind of rush that in Brady. So
I'm really excited to welcome this Weekend's Whitney's woman to
the show. We have Patty Mark. She is the vice
president of the Service Club and they have a big
holiday luncheon coming up. Patty, welcome to the show.
Speaker 6 (09:37):
Hi Whitney, thanks for having me.
Speaker 8 (09:40):
I know, girlfriend, thanks for squeezing us. And I know
it's a busy time of year and you have a
lot of stuff going on. First of all, will you
tell our listeners a little bit about the Service Club
of Chicago.
Speaker 6 (09:52):
The Service Coop of Chicogo is an all women's organization
that has been around since the eighteen nineties and what
they've always done is serve raise money to give back
to the Chicago community of charitabo needs people now apply
for grants and we do an amazing job. It's a
(10:15):
wide variety of charities that we give to and all
for supporting Chicago. So we raised money can give right
back to the community.
Speaker 8 (10:25):
I love that. And one thing I want to point
out because I find it so amazing is the events
that we're going to get to in a minute. They
actually go back towards these grants. You're not just handing
out a check. You're actually handing out a tangible need
that use grantees and nonprofits apply for.
Speaker 6 (10:41):
That is correct. We don't pay them direct money. We
paid the invoices for whatever it is that their need
or what they've applied for their grant for. So again,
a wide variety from a bed bug protection to food pantries,
to arts and for stage and sound and lighting. So
(11:04):
it's just a large need that goes out to a huge,
huge Actually, we've given grants to people the little miniature horses,
what they put a little horse, them little and we
paid to pay have boots so that they can go
into the nursing homes and their service animals. And it's
a fantastic thing. So white variety.
Speaker 8 (11:26):
Oh yeah, you know, you're giving so many good examples.
Those little pony boots got me a big time because
I got to see them live in action. I was
doing a story years ago and I got to see
the ponies. And you wouldn't think that the boots make
a huge like that, it would be such a need,
but it is when it comes to, you know, making
these grants happen for these nonprofits. So the event next week,
(11:49):
the Holiday Luncheon, one of my favorite times to get
together and know that you're doing good for the city
and getting all festive. Tell us about what's coming up.
Speaker 6 (11:59):
It's actually holiday lunch. It is is December ninth, I
believe it's Monday, December ninth, from ten to three. It's
going to be at the Union Link Club and we
have several vendors that come to sell merchandise which they
also donate part portion of their proceeds back to the
Service Club. So again focusing on our grant to make
(12:24):
money for our grandees. We have a silent auction and
there's a raffle and we sing a lot of great songs.
There's a time to sell, will be singing with the
twelve Days of Christmas, and we just have a lot
of fun. It's a great, great venue and actually a
very beautiful venue for all of us ladies to get
(12:47):
together and make money so that we can make a difference.
Speaker 8 (12:52):
That is right. And if somebody not only wants to
learn more about the mission, this is a great way
to dip their toe in and also you know you're
always accepting new members applications. It's a great way to
give back in our city. I love that it's the
oldest women's organization. Is that right? Is that what you said?
Speaker 6 (13:08):
Well, I believe so I couldn't. Yeah, I love it.
Speaker 8 (13:16):
I love it. Okay, Well, tell people again where they
can get tickets and how to get involved December night
at go to the service Class dot org.
Speaker 6 (13:25):
It makes me go to they actually did. The website
is if you just googled the web, the Service Club
Club of the website will come up, and it brings
you up to a homepage. But it also will well,
you can go to the events section and it will
show you where where you can buy tickets for the
holiday luncheon.
Speaker 8 (13:47):
That is amazing, Thank you so much. Yeah, go ahead.
Speaker 6 (13:51):
Oh I'm sorry for Raffle. You also play Raffle tickets
and if you're going to attend, if you'd like to
to uh, they're going to have a uh you can
buy champagne and you can also buy a ravel tickets
to buy to get a wonderful centerpiece that they're always
very pitiful. Oh yeah, just other little race of money
(14:12):
making money that we can know in a beautiful way.
Speaker 8 (14:16):
Making money in a beautiful way that gives back to
our nonprofit scene. It's a total win win and it's
a great way to kick off your holiday shopping. Patti,
thank you so much for coming.
Speaker 6 (14:25):
On my pleasure. Whitney, thank you for having me.
Speaker 7 (14:30):
I love it the holiday season. And it's not just
giving in November and December. Whitney, you're doing it year round.
And I know you've been doing it with The Whitney
Reynolds Show and you're always busy.
Speaker 8 (14:38):
What's coming up for you, oh, meganness, Well, we are
doing our Whitney Reynolds Show crossover event called the Wrap
is where we bring our season whatever season we're on
our topic. So right now we're on season ten, so
we're bringing season ten over to other networks. Our first
airing on another network will be on WGN on December seventh.
(14:59):
You'll see our live audience and again you'll get an
overview of The Whitney Reynolds Show. Our goal is to
be the strongest voice of hope when it comes to media,
and so that's how we're doing it with these crossovers,
and so December seventh at noon, you don't want to
miss it. We also bring in local experts and there
are surprises for our viewers in some big ways, so
you don't want to miss it. For more info, you
(15:20):
can go to Whitney Reynolds dot com.
Speaker 7 (15:22):
Of course, Whitney Reynolds will be bringing competitors together. That's
just that's so on brand for you. I feel like,
I feel like at some point in your career, in
your life, you will have packers, fans and bears, fans
hugging each other.
Speaker 8 (15:34):
You know it, you know it. We all have a
story and that matters. That's the tagline.
Speaker 7 (15:38):
I love it, Whitney. We'll talk to you soon. Thanks again,
Thank you.
Speaker 8 (15:43):
Hi.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
It's Paulina here with iHeartRadio Chicago and today I have
our friends from the Latino Sweat Project. I have the
owner and founder, Maggie Crenonez. How are you today, Hello, Hello,
good morning.
Speaker 9 (15:55):
Thank you for having us.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
Yes, thank you so much for being here today. Maggie.
I'm excited to read connect with you. You and I have
connected before previously. I want to say, maybe cople up
two or three months ago. And I'm excited I have
you on the show today. I'm excited to chat with you.
I'm excited for something really cool. What's up and coming
for you guys as well. But first things first, can
you give us a little bit of a background about
yourself and then of course about Latino Swab project.
Speaker 4 (16:20):
Yes, thank you so much and I'm really excited to
reconnect to I'm I was born in Mexico, raised here
in the southwest side of Chicago in LaVita, the little
village neighborhood here in Chicago. And you know a little
bit of about Latin Sweat. We unofficially started about ten
(16:40):
years ago now when we first started fundraising through yoga.
So I just started teaching yoga pop ups in the
Southwest Side, just fundraised for different causes in the city,
and then eventually over time started fundraising to to.
Speaker 9 (16:57):
Certify each other.
Speaker 4 (16:59):
So myself and a couple of girlfriends also from the
south of side of Chicago, that's my Dan, Ivan Savonica,
who are also founders of latinos Sweat to fundraise some more.
Speaker 9 (17:09):
So this is us ten years later with our own
brick and mortar.
Speaker 4 (17:14):
I kind of sped through a lot of a lot
of things in between, but we are now an official nonprofit.
We have our own yoga studio that offers you know, yoga, pilates,
strength training, dance, fitness and and really excited to say
that we are also certifying other instructors ourselves here.
Speaker 9 (17:34):
Our first cohort is graduating next week. That's wow.
Speaker 4 (17:37):
Members that are going to be certified to teach yoga
the first that it's kind really really excited to share
that in our upcoming events too.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
That is so incredible. Congratulations on all of that as well.
So really quick, what was sort of the not even
the inspiration behind like all that you've done with the
Latino Sweat Project, But you know, when did you realize
there was an extreme.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
You need for this?
Speaker 9 (18:01):
My gosh, so many, so many times.
Speaker 4 (18:03):
But you know, I will say that I think the
biggest one was when I was teaching at a county jail.
It was one of the first places that I went
back to in my community to teach, and I was
allowed to teach to incarcerated women that were on their
way out. So it was a part of like a
recovery program to allow women to just have this like
(18:24):
resource essentially to.
Speaker 9 (18:28):
Self regularly.
Speaker 4 (18:29):
Right and after the classes, I would always get asked,
you know, once I'm out, where can I go see you?
Or where can I do this more regularly? Or where
can I take classes, and it's kind of this light
bulb moment when I realized, there is no place that
I can, you know, with good conscious recommend not just
because you know, not to not to say that any
organization wouldn't welcome in the next incarcerated person, but it's
(18:50):
just so expensive, right. The field is so expensive even
just like the leggings are hundreds of dollars, the maths
or hundreds of dollars, memberships or other hundreds of dollars,
and so complete, inaccessible in its own realm. And so
that's kind of where our mission started. Our mission started
to create accessible yoga programs that were available not in
the community, didn't force anybody to leave their communities to
(19:13):
go and be a part of something.
Speaker 9 (19:16):
And that's where we're at.
Speaker 4 (19:17):
Now.
Speaker 9 (19:18):
Wow, that is so incredible.
Speaker 1 (19:20):
And what about you know, yoga and wellness? Why is
that missing in certain spaces in Chicago? Why are we
not able to access that?
Speaker 2 (19:29):
Do you think? No?
Speaker 9 (19:31):
I think that's a really good question.
Speaker 4 (19:32):
And I you know, I don't know if this is
your experience too, but I never grew up with you know,
health and wellness in my community or not even I'm
going to say my family. You know, it wasn't a
huge centerpiece for us. We were definitely, I want to say,
mostly in survival mode. I think it's representative of the
South West Side to just be you know, hustlers, hard workers,
head down, working hard, and and that's it, right and
(19:54):
without necessarily centering ourselves. We're always taking care of others.
We're always taking care of our family members, our community members,
but never looking within. And you know, when I first
graduated from uic here with my engineering degree, I was
still undocumented at the time, so the Dream Act hadn't happened,
and I wasn't able to work right away, and so
it was one of those times where I fell into
(20:16):
this abyss right like what do I do now with myself?
Speaker 9 (20:19):
And it was one of those first times that I was.
Speaker 4 (20:21):
Forced to, you know, exercise and I got one of
those like three weeks at a corporate yoa space I
went and I loved it, became obsessed with it, and
it was one of those things where I realized, like,
this is something that needs to happen in our community,
and it's our community.
Speaker 9 (20:35):
It wouldn't be a luxury or a privilege.
Speaker 4 (20:37):
It's something that we like, absolutely, absolutely need and so
bringing it back full circle. I do think that it's
missing because it is just really high price items and
all those things. But also we're just not we don't
learn that when we grow up. We don't learn that.
It's not part of our routine as kids. And so
now it's you know, it's our responsibility to bring it back.
Speaker 1 (20:58):
Yeah, one hundred percent agree with thing that you said.
That is very much on point, especially if you are
from the south South South Ofst Side of Chicago. That
is our reality. So I love all the work that
you're doing. And for those just tuning in. Latino Sweat
Project is a Chicago based a wellness nonprofit making yoga
and holistic health truly accessible to block to black, brown,
immigrant and underserved neighborhoods. And of course we have to
(21:19):
talk about an upcoming event that you are having on
December eleventh, so tell us about that.
Speaker 4 (21:24):
Amazing We're going to have this incredible, incredible galle It's
our first one, our first annual gala, first one Latinos
West is throwing and hosting incredible team behind it that's
put so much work, so thoughtful, from you know, the
the centerpieces to the programming that's going to be available,
and it's all for the great cause, right, the cause
(21:45):
of bringing wellness, accessible wellness to our neighborhoods and making
sure that it stays here with us.
Speaker 9 (21:51):
So really excited to invite everyone that can make the time.
Speaker 4 (21:54):
It's a Thursday, hopefully an accessible day, December eleventh, starting
at seven pm.
Speaker 9 (21:59):
We're so so excited, uh to host you.
Speaker 1 (22:03):
That is so incredible. And then for those attending the gala,
what can we expect.
Speaker 9 (22:09):
We will have live music, live performances.
Speaker 4 (22:12):
We have these incredible groups also from the community that
are going to be performing sarsaata for us. We have
some incredible DJs, I know Dj Barbie also from the
Southeast side, really incredible DJ sounds, and a lot of
bites and foods from local organizations as well. So just
a lot of community made, community love and then high
(22:34):
end celebration.
Speaker 8 (22:35):
Right.
Speaker 4 (22:35):
So I believe that that our theme is Roaring twenties
in New York City, So anna to the Latin American
Roaring twenties. And how we also dressed up just incredibly
fancy and beautiful ourselves too.
Speaker 9 (22:49):
Concert really really good time.
Speaker 1 (22:53):
That is so cool. Well, thank you so much for
being here with us today. We appreciate you so much.
Where can we follow Latino's project and keep up with
you guys even just you know, holiday season, but of
course in the upcoming year as well.
Speaker 9 (23:04):
Thank you so much, Ballina.
Speaker 4 (23:05):
We are at latinosaproject dot com is where all of
our updates, all of our events are are showing up.
But we're also on TikTok. We're also on Instagram, very active,
look us up latinasa project on there as well, very
very very cool following and very cool of our followers
to post really cool stuff.
Speaker 9 (23:24):
So I would love you and keep up with us
right now. I keep up with our with our students.
They're they're really creative and really great outlets for us too.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
That's amazing.
Speaker 1 (23:32):
Thank you so much for being here that today.
Speaker 9 (23:34):
We really appreciate it. Thank you, Felina.
Speaker 1 (23:36):
Hello and welcome to the weekly show here on iHeartRadio
and I E three nine Light FM, one three five
Kiss FM and Rock ninety five to five. I'm Paulina,
and every week we're here to discuss a variety of
topics that matter to Chicagoland, from health, education, to finances
and so much more. Today on the show, we have
our friends at the Latina Sweat Project joining us to
talk about their upcoming initiatives and also talking about their
(23:59):
upcoming gallup. We also have another episode with Brady and
Whitney for another episode of Whitney's Women. Let's kick off
the show. Hi, it's Paulina here with iHeartMedia Chicago and
today I am chatting with doctor Allan Rappaport.
Speaker 2 (24:12):
How are you today? I'm doing well. Thank you for asking, Thank.
Speaker 1 (24:18):
You for being here with us today, Doctor Allen m Rapaport,
migraine specialist. We are talking today about a new option
for migraines and then of course cluster headache relief, something
that I think many of us can relate to. I
really truly don't even know if the age matters, gender, sex, anything.
I truly feel like we all can relate when it
comes to just, you know, the the extruciating pain and
(24:41):
annoyance that comes with migraines. So, first and foremost, doctor
Allen and Rappaport, would you mind just giving us a
little bit of a background about yourself.
Speaker 3 (24:51):
Who're been a headache specialist for many years. I started
out as a general neurologist in Connecticut and I was
a profession are at a couple of institutions, one in Connecticut, Yale,
and then one in New York, Columbia, And about seventeen
(25:12):
years ago I moved to California to be at UCLA
following out a daughter there, and I was president of
the International Headache Society. And I've written over three hundred
and fifty articles, mostly on headache, and all day long
I talked to and take care of headache patients.
Speaker 2 (25:34):
So I am a headache specialist absolutely.
Speaker 1 (25:38):
And why are migraining in cluster headachs so difficult to
treat right? And how do they impact people's daily lives?
Speaker 3 (25:44):
So let me tell you a little bit first about migraine.
Migraine is usually inherited and it's a lifelong disease. And
during that life, patients will have on average one to
three migraine attacks a month, sometimes more, sometimes and less.
And that'll be a moderately severe pain on one side
(26:04):
of the head, often in the front, or in the
temple or in and around the eye, and it's a
bad one. And along with the pain, they have some
nausea and vomiting. Light and sound bothers them. They don't
want to move because it hurts more when they move,
and it'll lasts a good day if it's not properly treated,
(26:27):
and sometimes more than a day. It's much more common
in women than men, and it starts at a younger age,
sometimes in women and men as boys and girls, and
certainly by the time you're twenty five.
Speaker 2 (26:41):
You have it.
Speaker 3 (26:43):
Cluster headache is a little more common in men. It's
a more severe and excruciatingly severe pain in or behind
the eye. And during this terrible pain that the patient
can't stand at all. They can't lie down, they have
(27:04):
to be up moving, They rock back and forth, they
bang their head.
Speaker 2 (27:07):
On the wall. During this pain, that.
Speaker 3 (27:10):
Eye on that side turns red and it tears, and
they It's been called suicide headache because if you can't
find a treatment that helps them, they contemplate suicide. It's
so severe. Luckily for them, it doesn't last a day.
It only lasts forty five minutes to a few hours.
(27:32):
But it recurs during the day, so they may have
three or four attacks like this.
Speaker 2 (27:37):
Even in the middle of the night.
Speaker 3 (27:39):
It might wake them up, and then after about eight
weeks or so, it disappears, just the way that it
came and very different from migraine. It's not always present,
but some people with chronic cluster headache it doesn't disappear
and it's always there. So those are the difference between
(28:00):
the two, and why are we concerned about people not
getting the right treatment. But with migraine, there are a
lot of treatments available for many years now, and they're
usually pills. And when you take a pill and you're
nauseated or vomiting, that pill doesn't go down into your
(28:22):
GI track well and it might actually not be absorbed well. Also,
sometimes when you take a pill, you'll get better, but
the headache will come back in a short period of
time or several hours. And so one of the things
I really like about this Rikia autoinjector is it bypasses
(28:47):
the GI track because it's being given by a little
injection under the skin and it has dch or dihydro orgotamine.
Speaker 2 (28:57):
In it, which I really have liked over the years.
Speaker 3 (29:00):
It's been around for seventy years and I've used it
for fifty years. But it was very hard to use
because you have to give it by injection, often IV
injection in the hospital in the emergency room, and many
emergency rooms don't even have it or in my office,
(29:21):
And so the fact that this company has come out
with an autoinjector Rikia autoinjector where patients can actually take
it at home is really tremendous. And cluster headache is
so severe and it comes on so quickly, within minutes,
(29:41):
it's that it's maximum severity.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
You have to treat it with an injection, and.
Speaker 3 (29:47):
There is one injection available and it sometimes works well,
and sometimes it works not so well, and sometimes it
doesn't work at all. So having another injection approved by
the FDA for cluster as well as migraine is beneficial
for us.
Speaker 1 (30:06):
Absolutely, doctor I couldn't agree more. And then you know,
what should patients know if they're interested in this specific
treatment right and when will it be available for everybody?
Speaker 3 (30:16):
So it's available right now, and if patients called a
doctor today they could get a prescription for it. But
it's so new that doctors may not know about it.
And if they don't know about it, they can go
to Brikia dot com which is spelled b r e
kiya dot com and the patient can learn about it
(30:42):
and if it sounds like it would be good for them,
they can call a doctor, and if the doctor doesn't
know about it, they should advocate for themselves and say
I'd like you to order this.
Speaker 2 (30:53):
For me, but could you read up on it and
here's how you can do that.
Speaker 3 (30:58):
And they have to know so that they can only
order it from one of two specialty pharmacies Sterling Specialty
Pharmacy or Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy.
Speaker 2 (31:11):
They can't order it from irregular Walgreens.
Speaker 3 (31:14):
And the reason is they've the company's made it very
easy for the patient, so they ship it right to
the patient at home once it's ordered, So all they
have to do is use it at home or in
the office. You don't need refrigeration or anything like that.
And just before I finish, I want to say that
(31:35):
not everybody should take it and tell you who shouldn't
take it.
Speaker 2 (31:41):
So people who are on strong SIP three A.
Speaker 3 (31:44):
Four inhibitor drugs, especially for AIDS treatment, or macrolide antibiotics
for infection.
Speaker 2 (31:53):
Shouldn't take it.
Speaker 3 (31:54):
People with severe ischemic heart disease shouldn't take it. Who
are taking trip tnds or ergots on that day for
their migraine shouldn't take it. If you're pregnant or breastfeeding,
will have high blood pressure, you shouldn't take it. Other
than that, everybody with migraine or cluster is eligible and
(32:17):
a lot of people will find that it may work
better than whatever they're on and they should get a
prescription from their doctor for it.
Speaker 2 (32:27):
Amazing.
Speaker 1 (32:28):
This is a great information and I think it's going
to help a lot of people. So thank you so much,
doctor Rappaport for being here with us today. We appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (32:35):
You're welcome, Thank you good, thank you.
Speaker 1 (32:38):
Ye, thank you so much, and thank you for listening
to the Weekly Show right here on iHeartRadio at ninety
three nine, LIGHTFM, one three five Kiss FM and Rock
ninety five to five. Thank you for tuning in, and
if you missed this episode or want to catch up
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free iHeartRadio app and just search for it the Weekly Show.
Thank you all so much, and if you also have
(32:59):
a story that wants to be shared on this show,
you can email us at Paulina at iHeartMedia dot com
and we'll try our best to set up an interview
with you to get you on this show. Thank you
so much. Have a great and safe weekend, and we'll
talk to you again next weekend.
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