Bystolic for migraine headaches
Common Questions and Answers about Bystolic for migraine headaches
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I was getting migraine headaches approx 12-15 times a month for a year and a half. I started taking Bystolic and the headaches are reduced to 2-3 times a month. I am fairly certain, however, that the Bystolic has caused joint and muscle pain especially in my knees. Is anyone else taking Bystolic experiencing this same side effect?
I have been using Xalatan for the last 6 months for my eye pressure which was 23 and now is around 17.
Over the last 3-4 weeks I have eye pain in one of the eyes, consistent dull ache. I visited my Optho and had eye dilated and checked and everything looks fine. He changed the drops to Travatan. But the pain is still present after using travatan for like 2 weeks. What else can be the cause? What else should I try to find out?
If I take narcotic pain relievers, I find that it will trigger a migraine within a week. My current meds are Bystolic, Motrin ( will be discontinued), Zanaflex, Halcion, Benadryl, and Compazine. I also take supplements that include a multivitamin, Olive Leaf, Vitamin D3, Omega 3 Fish Oil. I have tried all of the Fibromyalgia meds with little to no success.
I have been taking bystolic for several years and for me it seems to work much better than atenolol or lopressor, without all the side effects. I have had to up my dosage a couple of times and right at first my stomach will feel a little off and I may get a very slight headache but it goes away quickly.
My doctor suggested bystolic. It has worked very well for the last year, I have been very pleased with it. In fact, I didn't switch my insurance this year because the alternative company did not want to authorize the use of the bystolic (it's a lot more expensive). I have had no side effects to speak of, much less than the atenolol. I would certainly give it a shot.
I have the migraine auras also and they can be quite unnerving. I don't think that any of the antidepressants should exacerbate your auras. I would suggest you talk to your doctor about taking a beta blocker or a calcium channel blocker that acts like a vasodialator. I was prescribed bystolic for a completely different problem and it really helped decrease the auras.
My daughter is 5 years old and was seen by a Neurologist that told us she suffered from migraine headaches. we have not been able to come up with anything that causes her headaches. We have tried keeping a diary and everything seems so random. Some of the headaches she gets will put her to bed for the night. Is there anything besides just letting her sleep it off i can do for her?
If it lasts for more than 4 hours it could be chronic tension headache, chronic migraine or altered migraine or hemicranias continua. Indomethacin is the drug of choice in hemicranias continua. In fact the diagnosis is considered confirmed if a patient responds to Indomethacin. Doctors should also rule out hormone imbalance and low estrogen as the cause of your headaches. Since a confirmed diagnosis cannot be given on net please discuss these possibilities with your doctor once.
i have had a migraine for seven days now. i have some numbness on my left side. i was diagnosed with a sinus infection and have been taking amoxicillin for 6 days now with no improvement. i feel groggy and tired all the time. and very irritable. any kind of noise, stress makes it worse. i have tried taking darvocett, maxalt, excederin migraine and none of these are working. I had a CT scan and thats where they found the sinus infection.
I am waking up at 3:00 a.m. with severe migraine headaches. My blood pressure is 240/128. I am 26 yrs. old. I have no insurance. My neck has been stiff for about a week now. I went to the emerg. room and had a CT scan and they gave me some blood pressure medicine but the next day it came right back. I fall in the floor with pain and I have no where to go. Can you help me with these headaches and the blood pressure?
Often times, over-the-counter pain medications can make migraine headaches worse. Prescription migraine medications, known as triptans, are often needed to stop a migraine headache, but you need a prescription to buy these and you must get a prescription from a doctor.
I hope that information helps.
I don't know what ur DOC was or how long u have been clean but until this past week ( my DOC way hydro & i'am 28 days clean ) i've had a major headache almost everyday! So bad i even filled my migraine meds Friday night, & for me to pay $50 for 9 pills it had to be bad! But a small price to pay over my sobriety. Hope u feel better, excedrine seems to help the best though i will say. Love & prayers.
Metoclopramide is a good medication to discuss with your doctor because not only does it stop the nausea and vomiting associated with migraine headaches, but it will also help to stop the pain associated with migraine headaches. Metocloprmaide can be taken even if you do not experience nausea and vomiting, it can be taken along with triptans and analgesics in order to improve the pain killing power of your other migraine medications.
I also noticed that when ectopics set off a tachycardia afterwards, then it would directly cause a headache and often migraine. Understanding headaches and migraines is a neurological specialty as is cardiology -unfortunately specialists often have very blinkered views! My suggestion would be to keep a headache/ectopics diary - maybe using one of the migraine diary sheets from the migraine charities - then you can present some evidence to a Dr.
My mother has had debilitating cough headaches in increasing frequency and severity for a couple years now. The pain is unilateral-right and most severe on the top and side of the head and at the base of the neck. Her right eye tears and right nostril runs. She has a herniated disc in her neck but the doctors have said this is unrelated.
Steroids helped a while back, but now they're back again and steroids, antiseizure meds, and painkillers don't help.
Sinusitis, refractive errors of the eye, migraine, cluster headaches, brain tumors, high blood pressure, tension headaches, temporal arteritis, pinched cervical spinal nerve, poor or disturbed sleep etc are several causes of headaches. Dental pain and ear ache can cause similar symptoms. Please consult a headache and migraine specialist to rule out these causes one by one. Take care!
For the last 2-3 weeks I have been having awful headaches. My dentist thinks it might be TMJ, so she fitted me for a splint (which I get next week), but advised me to see an MD to rule out other possible causes, which I did. He does not believe it is TMJ because it is not concentrated around my jaw. Rather it hurts ALL over from my jaw, temples, sides of my head, forehead, neck, and sometimes shoulders. The MRI came back completely normal.
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