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wally
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well instead of being a friendly bystander, im again a participant. my cycle started a week ago it seems to be alittle easier this year so far...i usually take maxalt but it is a little slow and puts me out for about 2 hours, i saw my doctor in december and she put me on some meds called frova...has anyone heard anything good/bad on it. ive had pretty good luck with it soo far
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Re: its back
« Reply #1 on: Feb 11th, 2003, 7:58pm » |
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I found it to be as effective as imitrix. By that I mean it only kept the beast at bay for two hours then it was back in my face wanting to dance again. It is suppose to supress your ha for 6-8 hours that is what I was told. To bad the medicine didn't perform as well for me. I was disapointed and went back to imitrix.
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Re: its back
« Reply #2 on: Feb 11th, 2003, 10:25pm » |
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Frova is supposed to be one of the latest migraine drugs.
My neuro tried it as a preventative for me. He had me takeing a Frova daily.
One of the advantages of Frova is that it stays in your system longer than other triptans. If I am not mistaken it has a 26 hour hal life.
Unfortunately for me my cluster did not like Frova. It wants Maxalt or IMITREX.
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wally
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thanks for the info....i think im gonna stick with the trusty maxalt
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Re: its back
« Reply #4 on: Feb 12th, 2003, 12:24pm » |
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Have you tried o2 yet? This is my first year using it and it seems to work as good or better than Imitrex for me. And the best part is it's cheaper, safer and cleaner.
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cluster0557
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Re: its back
« Reply #5 on: Feb 12th, 2003, 2:10pm » |
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I started on O2 last week and find it usefull if I catch the cluster or migraine early. If I am in head smashing pain O2 does nothing for me and it is back to Imitrex.
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I have heard of some success with Frova as a prophylactic drug (as was mentioned above). I have also found it to work pretty well for me. You can also avoid some of that yucky feeling from Imitrex, et al.
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Re: its back
« Reply #7 on: Feb 12th, 2003, 5:49pm » |
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My neuro put me on Frova along with depakote as prevenative meds. It was to break up the cycle. It kept the beast at bay for the most part.
Last month he took me off the frova and gave me maxalt as an abotative. Haven't used one yet. (Of course, we all have our own thresholds and kip 5 is when I will take meds)
I took myself off of the depakote two weeks ago. I haven't had any attack worth noting for some time now. A few small ones that lasted for just a few minutes, so I think I can say that I am out of cycle. Thank God.
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i have not tried o2 yet.....that is probably the next step, im gonna try and stick with the maxalt/frova and see how it works, my doctor also gave me one of those imitrex inhalers so im gonna try that during this cycle and see how it works for me
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Re: its back
« Reply #9 on: Feb 13th, 2003, 6:32pm » |
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You will not like Imitrex Nasal.
Talk about bad aftertaste 
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