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JArnold
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Has anyone had any success with anti-seizure medication? Today my Neuro prescribed me Depakote, Medrol, and an Imitrex injector. Any thoughts on the Depakote and Medrol would be appreciated. Thanks
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Re: Depakote
« Reply #1 on: May 25th, 2007, 8:10am » |
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Anti-seizure drugs are common in treating CH. As with virtually every medication prescribed for CH they have side effects that you need to be aware of and alert for.
Personally I have severe reservations with the potential for near instant/permanent liver damage from Depakote and refuse to take it but ultimately its a matter of personal choice - risk vs. reward. I know a lot of folks take it without any problems at all.
The following links contain a lot of information pro/con for the drugs being prescribed for you. You have some personal homework and difficult decisions to make.
http://www.drugs.com/
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html
Best wishes,
Tom
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Re: Depakote
« Reply #2 on: May 25th, 2007, 10:17am » |
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Just yesterday I found a favorable report about the use of this class of meds in migraine--but with a footnote that the jury is still out re. use for CH.
Nevertheless, folks are reporting good results in messages here.
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Re: Depakote
« Reply #3 on: May 26th, 2007, 10:27pm » |
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Depakote Gave me the major munchies 
Dave
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