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His Doctor told him to go to our GP for pills to treat his side effects. We finally went to see a liver specialist and found out he was allergic to the meds and should abort them immediately. There was a supposed 98% cure rate for this type of Hep C but it did nothing but tear down his body. On major side effect is Cluster Headaches. They are migraines that last for days and weeks and are very frequent. The only small relief is acupuncture. Has anyone else experienced this?
Among those subjects who remained headache-free during the 6 days of eletriptan treatment, migraine occurred during the 3 days immediately after discontinuing eletriptan for 9%. Perimenstrual eletriptan was generally tolerated and no abnormalities were identified on the 6(th) day of treatment using either blood pressure recording or electrocardiogram. Conclusions.- Among patients with prospectively identified MM, eletriptan 20 mg 3 times daily effectively reduced MM.
45 Injection, Migranal Nasal Spray), and more recently, the drugs of the triptan family (almotriptan [Axert], eletriptan [Relpax], frovatriptan [Frova], naratriptan [Amerge], rizatriptan [Maxalt], sumatriptan [Imitrex], zolmitriptan [Zomig]).
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.
If you are finding that the relpax is causing unwanted side-effects, there are other triptan medications you can try for acute therapy:
- Rizatriptan, brand name Maxalt. tastes pretty bad, but a lot of my friends swear by it.
- Sumatriptan, brand name Imitrex. really not very effective at all in the tablet form. the most effective triptan out there pretty much in injection form... what they give you in the hospital.
I suffer from almost daily migrianes, constant muscle contraction headaches in my scalp, and chronic tension headaches in base of skull and neck/shoulders. Iv tried preventatives that did nothing but bad side effects. Along with all sorts of pain meds. I currentlly take ibuprofen almost daily as relpax for my migrianes when needed one with a shot of sumatriptan (immetrex) injected in my leg when the relpax fails to work.
m wondering, though, if I was misdiagnosed with migraines years ago, since my headaches always occur on one side of my face or the other, and are limited to one half of my nasal bone all the way up to the inner top "corner" of my eye socket (I can feel a tiny bony structure up in the top corner). If it's really bad, the pain will radiate to a spot on the side of my head: not exactly my temple, but more like two or three finger-widths behind my temple, going toward my ear.
My 18 year old son has terrible migraines and has tried the Imitrex also with terrible results.
He has been using the Relpax and within 20 to 30 mins and only one Relpax pill the headache is gone! He suffered so many years wiht Migraines and now with his dose of Nortriptylin and his relpax as a backup he is living headache free.
Definitely try the Relpax.
The Imitrex, and Relpax worked for a short time and then but they had bad side effects on me so I am totally off of everything except tylenol. Long story short,,, I have been doing research on migraines for a long time and found what I think is a concrete connection between a PFO and migraine. A PFO is a hole in between the chambers of the heart. Everyone is born with it but for some it does not close up.
I have been taking Relpax 40 ml for the coming on of a migraine. I have been getting fewer and fewer over the years.
However, I am only allowed 9 pills for the month thru my health insurance. Is there another new migraine medicine out there that I could get that would be similier but would allow me more pills for the month.
My doctor recently prescribed KeppraXR for my seizure disorder and migraines. (However, one side effect is headaches??). It also helps lesson (not stop) some of my CM symptoms...pain, numbness, tingling, and stiffness in my legs, arms, neck and shoulders. I also use Relpax, as needed, for migraines (which has been on a daily basis for the past week..so much for the KeppraXR).
I took Depakote nightly to prevent migraines and had Relpax for the ocassional beak through migraine. The Depakote worked well for more than a year, and I had no side effects. It might be worth asking about. When it no longer worked for me, I tried an alternative with bad results. I've ended up taking a 12-hr sinus/allergy pill during the day, a benedryl at night, increased exercise, and am eating better. This seems to work for me most of the time now. Good luck!
Another good option is Relpax. It is a tablet BUT one of the benifits is that it helps with vomiting also. I did fine on this and I'm a huge vomiter (yuck, lack of a better word). Sure wish I had insurance still...Anyway, I'd seriously think of giving Relpax a shot as I was for sure it wouldn't work and it did wonders.
I have heard that Inderal does have a high side-effect profile. I take the betablocker nadolol and have not noticed any side-effects yet... you might want to talk to your doctor about switching you to a different betablocker if the Inderal is giving you such terrible side-effects... maybe ask about Nadolol, a few of us here take it.. your doctor will know though what the most appropriate betablocker to try next is though.
There are two other classes of preventative medication as well...
I went to the Doctor yesterday and he just figures I'm having migraines. Is this normal for a migraine? I was walking to the lab to get blood work done today and thank goodness I wasn't very far from home yet. I blacked out in the middle of a busy intersection and was nearly hit by a car. The jerk behind the wheel was still coming at me laying on the horn and I barely was able to get out of the way when I realized what was happening.
I have taken Topamax for a long time with great success as long as the dose is carefully monitored (I monitor the dose and keep close track of side effects). I was signifcantly overmedicated (400mg daily) and suffered memory loss and other cognitive impairments (couldn't spell, processed info really slowly, word loss, etc) for about 2 years. My doc didn't take my complaints seriously. It got to the point that it was dangerous for me to drive.
My general practicioner says it may be migraine and prescribed me some eletriptan, but i haven tried it yet. I also had an MRI taken, but have not gotten the result yet. I am not sure but i think my vision may be worse in parts of my visual field. I had a bloodtest and it turned out OK. It seems like they are only in one eye at a time. I can have them at any time, and recently i have gotten them when i wake up, too.
Been on a lot of different meds and nothing seems to truly work. If my headache is an actual migraine, then relpax does work for me. However, I've been having this pressure at the top of my head for weeks now and it has gotten much worse. When I take relpax for it, it makes it a little better, but not 100%. The pain sometimes goes behind my eyes and then I can't even do my job..which is computer related. Now is pain has moved to the back of my head to the right side behind my ear.
s worse when I lay down, feels like my brain is being forced out of my eye sockets and at the base of my head on the right side of my spine in my upper neck I have a lump that gets bigger when the headache gets worse.
I do have osterarthritis in my neck (5 years) and have been getting cortizone injections but ever since the last injection (which was only my 4th ever) I've been getting these terrible headaches.
I am taking Midrin and Relpax, it's both expensive and frustrating.
What is the best way to treat migraine, when you've taken the medicine your Dr. has given you, but it's not working? I take Relpax 40 mg., sometime it helps and sometime it doesn't.
I will do that it seems the higher dose has created this and I'm not on anything else.
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