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cschick
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I am coming to the end of my cycle, I believe. I am getting migraines more often than the clusters now. I should be ending in the next week or so. I have only had one bad one recently and that was a few days ago. So my question is when this cycle ends do I taper off the Verelan or stay on it? I go to the Dr. on Friday for follow up on clusters and need to have my ducks in a row so to speak! 
Thanks for your responses in advance - I gotta get on the phone now. It's gonna be a crazy day!
Karen
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Re: do I stay on verap or go off?
« Reply #1 on: Nov 29th, 2004, 10:41am » |
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There is no point in an episodic remaining on medication when they are not in cycle. Makes no sense.
I suggest you wait about two weeks after your last hit and get off the meds.
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Re: do I stay on verap or go off?
« Reply #2 on: Nov 29th, 2004, 7:28pm » |
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on Nov 29th, 2004, 10:41am, don wrote:There is no point in an episodic remaining on medication when they are not in cycle. Makes no sense.
I suggest you wait about two weeks after your last hit and get off the meds. |
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That's exactly what I do and yes I shadow a lot afterward but it's just bothersome, I've only had the very odd breakthrough once or twice so I keep a trex on hand but I'm confident that the shadows are leftover remnants of a beaten beast still trying to get up. My doc gave me similar advice.
I like to stay off as long as I can in the short 'tween stage so the next pending episode doesn't already have a tolerance to the verap causing the up and up dosage.
To each their own though.
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Re: do I stay on verap or go off?
« Reply #3 on: Nov 29th, 2004, 7:38pm » |
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Episodic I am.
I ain't got off verap since 97, worked great, few major cycles instead of 2 to 4 a year. I will forget to eat, or take out the trash, but i never forget my verap!
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Re: do I stay on verap or go off?
« Reply #4 on: Nov 30th, 2004, 7:39am » |
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Topa works for both. I have meegrainer friends who are on Topa as a preventative. Mayhaps that might be the ticket.
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Re: do I stay on verap or go off?
« Reply #5 on: Nov 30th, 2004, 7:41am » |
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Hubby is on Verapamil. We don't know what his cycle is. The only indication is 18 years on, 7 years off.
He's been on Verapamil since March,and when he went back to the Dr. a couple of months ago, was too afraid to go off of it, since it wasn't affecting his BP at all - and we dont' know what his cycle length really is.
Since Christopher passed away though, he's forgotten to take his Verapamil for a few days in a row without a hit. So I'm assuming that his cycle is over by now, but the Dr. said that if he doesn't feel comfortable going off of it right now, it's not a problem to just stay on. So we will see after another 6 months.
So who knows!
Good luck though!
Toni
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Re: do I stay on verap or go off?
« Reply #6 on: Nov 30th, 2004, 7:46am » |
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Back in '96 I waited 2 months from my last attack to wean myself off of it. Since this is a BP med, it's not good to just stop taking it, but rather taper off. Unfortunately though, Verapamil wouldn't work for me after I became chronic, so I sometimes wonder if I should have just stayed on it. Tough call.
Peace & hang tough,
Carl D
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