Dr. Melissa R. Meade
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Dr. Melissa R. Meade
@drmelissameade.bsky.social
Ethnographies of inequality, digital media + tech, labor, environment, economic decline, collective trauma + memory, identity. Assistant professor of communication.
I agree with @urocklive1.bsky.social. I also am a long-term sufferer. I would recommend if you have these over the long term, to find a headache specialist. That would be a neurologist who has done a fellowship in headache medicine. They then specialize in treating only headaches.
October 23, 2025 at 7:02 AM
P.S. the Nurtec would be “prophylactic” if your insurance would not pay for both. Your doctor might suggest taking it every other day or something like that.
October 23, 2025 at 4:01 AM
These also can be taken in conjunction with Nurtec if your insurance will cover them both simultaneously. Your doctor needs to write for them together as one abortive and one prophylactic.
October 23, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Prescriptions: Sumatriptan nasal or a pill called Treximet (Sumatriptan with Naproxen).
October 23, 2025 at 3:51 AM
🧵 7/7 in the statute.

It is worth noting that the awards that were overridden include studies in categories such as biology, engineering, architecture, agriculture, crop sciences, animal sciences, biochemistry, medical sciences, music, and history …”
June 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
🧵 6 additional 1,200 foreign Fulbright recipients to an unauthorized review process and could reject more. We believe these actions not only contradict the statute but are antithetical to the Fulbright mission and the values, including free speech and academic freedom, that Congress specified in
June 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
🧵 5 non-ideological character of the program.

However, the current administration has usurped the authority of the Board and denied Fulbright awards to a substantial number of individuals who were selected for the 2025-2026 academic year. The administration is also currently subjecting an
June 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
🧵 4 governments match or exceed the U.S. government’s annual contribution.

Under Democratic and Republican administrations alike, the Board has followed the law, operating with independence pursuant to its statutory mandate. Indeed, the Fulbright-Hays Act emphasizes the non-political and
June 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
🧵 3 process led by non-partisan career staff at the State Department and Embassies around the world. The process involves 49 binational, treaty-based commissions and over 150 countries, which contribute a significant amount of the annual funding for the Fulbright program. In fact, 35+ foreign
June 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
🧵 2 and undermine the mission and mandates Congress established for the Fulbright program nearly 80 years ago.

At the program’s inception, Congress clearly specified that the Fulbright Board has final approval authority of applicants, which occurs after an exhaustive and deliberate, year-long
June 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I am going to read this. Thank you so much for sharing.
June 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I haven’t read it. Thank you for putting it on my radar.
June 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM