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dwaters118
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Midrin & Ibuprophen
« on: Apr 8th, 2005, 4:14pm » |
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I'm brand new around here and only on my first cycle (God I hope I'm not going to be chronic!!). Been in cycle since mid-Feb and my insurance, like most, limits amounts of triptans. Out of desperation, and a real aversion to pain, I asked my PCP to prescribe Midrin, which was on the migraine therapy list and VERY cheap as prescription meds go -- my neurologist thought that sounded okay to him. After some trial and error, I have found that 2 Midrin and 800mg Ibuprophen work for me almost as well as Imitrex 50s. I now use the Midrin as my abortive first attempt and go to the basement and do some laundry (something about cold environment and getting the blood going I think...). Now I can save my Imitrex and Zomig for the K7-9s that still hit with depressing frequency.
I haven't seen anythin here about Midrin...... Anyone else try it?
David
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Re: Midrin & Ibuprophen
« Reply #1 on: Apr 8th, 2005, 4:20pm » |
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Hi David - welcome.
You'll probably find better (and quicker) relief from trying oxygen as an abortive. You must be talking about the Imitrex pills at that dose. It's also available in a nasal spray at 5mg and 20mg doses. Works quicker and fewer side effects than the pills.
Watch out with the ibuprophen - it can be quite hard on the tummy.
And, not to worry - you're not chronic. You're not defined as chronic until you've been in cycle for 12 months without 30 days of unmedicated pain freedom.
Best of luck to you - and explore oxygen therapy - it honestly has been a consistently success option amongst clusterheads.
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Re: Midrin & Ibuprophen
« Reply #2 on: Apr 8th, 2005, 4:39pm » |
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David,
Be careful! Ibuprofen can trigger rebound HA's in my case. Excedrin does not contain ibuprofen, excedrin migrane does help me. I've been chronic for 5 years and I have to rotate medications for results.
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Re: Midrin & Ibuprophen
« Reply #3 on: Apr 8th, 2005, 5:54pm » |
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midrin did nothing for my ch. It does work on my 2 sons migraines. I would recomend trying oxygen and imitrix nasal spray. with the ns I have relief in 6 -10 min.
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I took it for years ...triple the normal dose washed down with vodka...what can i say...alcoholics with clusters do weird shit...it did work...butt not well...mostly the ch just ran it's course.
Midrin has been mentioned a modicum of times over the 6 years i have been here...do a search. It is certainly not a widely used or often used CH abortive. It sure stopped working for me.
only you can determine what is best for you. I refused to settle for anything other than no pain....
in my humble opinion there are much more effective treatments available...they can be found here at ch.com
take what ya need....
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Re: Midrin & Ibuprophen
« Reply #5 on: Apr 13th, 2005, 2:14am » |
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Ibuprofen seems to give me rebound headaches.
Excedrin Migraine works great for me when shadows are lurking.
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Re: Midrin & Ibuprophen
« Reply #6 on: Apr 13th, 2005, 11:02am » |
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Warm welcome to CH.com, David! 
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Re: Midrin & Ibuprophen
« Reply #7 on: Apr 29th, 2005, 9:22pm » |
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Thanks for the replies and welcomes people. I can't begin to tell you how comforting it is that you are here to help.
I post here as an update...... I dropped the Midrin and the Ibuprophen.... as advised, I got rebounds and no relief from the Midrin.
My neurologist got me on Verapamil and Topomax and thanks to this message board I have just finished my first week on Kudzu. I am not sure whether I should credit the Topomax, the Kudzu, or the end of the cycle, but I have had two PFNAD and haven't had to inject the Imitrex in three days. Keeping the fingers crossed, the preventatives going, and researching alternatives.
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