Maxalt and excedrin migraine
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I hear Excedrin Migraine is good...I have migraines also, I'm going to pick some up for next time I have one.
I cahnged my vivelle dot yesterday afternoona nd went to a party last night. I ate during the evening and drank alcohol. I woke up around 3 a.m. with an unbeleivable migraine as well as the most extreme nausea that I have ever had. Then, I began throwing up avey 15-20 minutes for several hours. My maxalt didn't help my migraine. I finally removed the patch, took some migraine Excedrin and slept most of the day. My vomiting did stop late in the morning but I still ahve a pretty bad headache.
Hi all,
I am an 18 year old female (155lbs, 5'8"). I am currently embarking on my journey through my first year of college. Three weeks ago I had a migraine headache that woke me up in the middle of the night. It felt like someone was stabbing me in the right eye with an ice pick. The migraine was located on the right side of my head and remained unilateral (in terms of pain). This lasted for 3-4 hours.
I was on midrin for a long while but I got used to it and started to max out and had the aide of other pills. I was put on Maxalt and it stopped working in a couple of months and I often time had to mix it with other pills. Between appt I took excedrin extra strength, I was taking 3 or 4 pills for two hours. The new pills they had put me on was a "pre migraine pill" imitrex and a once you get a migraine pill" Fioricet. But the Fioricet is beggining to stop working.
The best OTC meds that I have found that works is Excedrin. It is a combo of Aspirin, Tylenol and Caffeine and that happens to be an excellent combo for migraines.
5. I mentioned caffeine before...well, drink coffee, Mt Dew, take Vivirin...sometimes a mega dose of caffeine will stop it in its tracks.
6. If you get nauseous or dizzy get some Meclizine from the pharmacy (the stuff behind the counter) you can take 25mg three times a day as needed. Yes it works on both.
Migraines are not unusual during detox. It's a rebound problem that has to do not only with the elimination of an opiate but the Tylenol contained in it. I don't know what you generally take for a migraine but I've always had very good luck with Excedrin and/or Maxalt.
I hope you feel better...
it becomes a race btw the Maxalt and the migraine, I have had anywhere from 15-18 per month, also have to use strong coffee and ice pack or it's just a waste of the Maxalt and sometimes it takes another tab to get rid of it completely. So, you can answer me or not, just thought i'd toss the Maxalt out there in case you hadn't tried those yet.
I have seen multiple neurologists, had numerous MRI scans, and am currently taking injectible imitrex, with little relief. I have found that taking 3-4 excedrin migraine pills as soon as I first feel pain, or the tingling sensation, prevents an attack from beginning. However, nothing I have tried, including morphine, excedrin, codeine, etc., has stopped an attack once it has actually begun.
Any help/advice/suggestions would be extremely appreciated.
s Maxalt and many other triptans that may help you when you get a migraine. But once the Fioricet clears out, even Advil can help (at least for me!). By the second month, I felt like a new person. I went to some women's AA meetings for support (quiet and listened), and that got me through those early times.
You are on the right path--you will feel so much better once that horrible med is out of your system. You will become yourself again and feel real feelings--and that is GOOD!!
In addition, many medications used to treat migraine headache (Excedrin Migraine Pain Reliever/Pain Reliever Aid, oxygen, prednisone [Deltasone]) can also be used for cluster headache.
You should consult a neurologist regarding these treatment options.
Apart from this avoid stressful events,develop a regular sleep patterna d do daily exercises.
Refer http://www.emedicinehealth.com/cluster_headache/page7_em.
Maxalt rocks. I love it and carry it everywhere with me. www.maxalt.com Another new med www.relpax.com (I have some, just not had a headache lately to use them) because I take my magnesium :0-). Here is a good site with migraine info. http://www.achenet.org/ And you need to get your migraine "bible" I got mine off of half.com cheap. This book helped me a lot in understanding my headaches and lots of good info.
I usually see zig zags or get a blind spot 10minutes before the migraine starts and then the throbbing pain behind my eyes and on one side of my head will start, my body will go numb on one side, my tongue will also go numb which will result in me being unable to speak constructively or make any sense.I will get nauseous and eventually end up vomiting. I lose my appetite and become very weak and I'm unable to get any sleep because the pain increases when I lay down.
Thank you for your response. When I first started having them, my doctor at that time (the one who ordered the original EEG when I was a child) gave me shots of demeral and phenagren for the headaches. I basically slept through them for a day or two. I was having them a couple of times a month. After several years of this I knew I could not spend the rest of my life sleeping through a week a month.
it can easily turn into a HUGE migraine...and then what? then instead of taking the 2 excedrin you would have taken in the morning...you take about 8 just to get rid of the migraine. hence the reason you might consider a taper of the NSAIDs. but to each their own. while the addiction factor isn't high on this med, discontinuing them can produce some very painful migraines.
I get these terrible headaches usually to one side of my head but they usually only come the week before my menstral and last a couple days with taking some meds like excedrin...well now it has come back before this time and along with it I cant focus on anything I feel dizzy lightheaded and extremely tired but try to lay down and cant sleep the goes from my temple to the side of my neck...Help any ideas of what is causing this...I called dr cant get an appt till thurs....but im worrried...
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