Maxalt rebound headache
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I have a friend that has dealt with debilitating migraines all of her life and she swears that the prescription drug Maxalt is the only thing that is effective for her and she has tried many medications including imitrex. She told me they are dissolvable tablets such that if you get sick and vomit, you won't vomit up the medication. I will get a migraine headache every once in a blue moon and I take the regular OTC stuff for it.
Rebound headaches occur with more than 3 times a week usage of over-the-counter pain medications. This is commonly experienced by a lot of headache sufferers. There is also a migraine /headache tracker here in Medhelp that may help you determine your possible triggers to avoid. Take care and do keep us posted.
I am addicted to Hydrocodone and have been "off and on" for about 3 years. Sometimes I go through periods of not taking them, or taking very little. But in the last few months I've been going on binges. I'd take 3-4 5/500s a day at the most. I am now at the end of one of those binges. I managed to get off them a few months ago and was miserable physically for a good three weeks. Now I want to taper off and STOP.
Some times she remains normal for 2 to 3 months but some time headache occurs twice a week. The headache usually changes its position i.e. some times on right side of head and some times on left side. Some times in Forehead and other time in back of the head. She takes PONSTON tablet for relief. During Headache its blood Pressure becomes low. She is also Low Blood Pressure Patient. Some times vomiting also occur during headache. Please give me your expert opinion for this problem.
Please help me with my mystery diagnosis...I am ready to pitch a tent and live at the ER!!
32yo female, 120lbs, 5'3" Normally active & healthy (until this past month) Phoenix, AZ
I have lived with mild to moderate headaches 4-5 days per week for the past several years. Pain managed by Advil. However, about a month ago, I started having excruciating, debilitating headaches, and stopped taking Advil because I was taking 600-800mg a day to get some relief.
I had Superventricular Tachicardia. My heart would race, I would hyperventilate, then most of the time I would passout. I had heart surgery when I was 15 to correct this irregular heartbeat. Luckily, it was successful.
When I was 16, I had my first baby boy. After having him, I started getting migraines. The first one I ever had lasted over 48 hours. I had to get a shot to get rid of it.
Since then, I've had too many to count.
They have been increasing in quantity and severity until about a year and a half ago I had to stop working completely. I am on a combination of darvacet, tramadol, topomax and maxalt. The combination leaves me in bed about 18 hours a day. I have had two MRIs. One with contrast and one without. Neither shows any good reason for my pain. The headache never goes away and I have no idea what makes it hit so hard every few days (room blacked out and crawling to the bathroom). Am I the only one.
Hello! I am 34 years old for the past 2 years I have been getting nausea with constant headache for 6 days before my period. It's to the point where I'm on zofran and have maxalt for headache. I can't leave my house because I feel like I'm going to vomit but I don't. I guess that's a good thing, lol zofran works. Once I get my period it goes away! Anyone experience this or have any feedback thank you!!!
It is an excellent pain pill, but if you take it more than two times in a week, you risk severe rebound migraines. That's the only reason I can think of besides it being a narcotic. But you probably need a narcotic, so I agree to look for a neurologist who specializes in headaches. These days, regular doctors are being monitored and penalized for prescribing pain pills. That's probably the real reason.
t see why maxalt would be a contender for treatment of chiari induced headache. Just based on the mechanism of action of the drug I feel it could be quite dangerous. Diamox (acetazolamide) has some off label uses but I am still combing through the limited publications on the subject and wouldn't suggest it unless u had very specific imaging and symptoms.
Hope that helps!
As for physical dependency... well, I have heard of the triptan Maxalt causing rebound headaches, which could be considered a type of physical dependency maybe... but, out of all of the triptans, the ONLY triptan that has shown this is Maxalt, not Imitrex. So, Imitrex is not a type of medication that you can become dependent on physically. So please don't worry about becoming dependent on the medication!!! Use it when you are in pain if it works!!
t take it because everytime i do it gives me such horrible chronic neck pain i cry from it worsening the headache worsening the neck pain like a domino effect till i have to sleep it off then i lose hours of the day. i was just wondering if anyone else has had the problem and has a possible solution.....
Now my insurance has decided I need to try Imitrex before they will approve coverage for the Maxalt. The Imitrex took about 2 hours to have any effect, but eventually my headache subsided. Since then I have had recurring headaches for 4 days. These are similar to but not quite as painful as headaches I get from consuming too much caffeine (my caffeine tolerance is very low - a chocolate bar eaten over a 3 day period can cause extreme pain). So I am wondering if imitrex contains caffeine.
Have you looked into Maxalt. I just got out of recovery and Maxalt was given to a lot of the guys who were having migraines due to w/ds. It was also prescribed as long term treatment for those whos migraines didn't go away. I don't know much about it as I have never taken it but I am still in contact with some of the guys from recovery and they seem to get a lot of relief from it. I do know it is expensive without insurance.
I agree with the rebound headache from the drugs. My two thoughts, one have you tried a strict elimination diet? There are many food triggers for headache one would not think of. Two, please make sure a binocular vision dysfunction is not causing your problems. I have seen many patients with headache everyday and have never had a proper binocular vision assessment.
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