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(Message started by: gills on May 9^th, 2003, 7:11am)

Title: Instant Success!!!!!
Post by gills on May 9^th, 2003, 7:11am

After 18 years of being mis diagnosed as migraine sufferer (typical) 3 years ago a doc recognised me as a clusterhead. No medications or pain killers ever worked.

Until now!!!!

Sumatriptan succinate (6mg) self injections (Imigran Mk II)

Had my first sample shot last night. 7 minutes to work and then the beast instantly let go. From Kip 8 to no pain.

Am I lucky?
Can I possibly hope this will happen all the time?
How much does this drug cost? (I live in Australia)

Please help me with these questions.

Happy for now anyway.

Gills

Title: Re: Instant Success!!!!!
Post by BobG on May 9^th, 2003, 8:04am

Imigran, or Imitrex in the USA, is the #1 choice as an abortive for clusterheadaches.

Cost? Way too much! It's a migraine medicine and there's 10's of thousands of 'grainers to sell to. Big $$ for the drug company. And the big $$ is the reason insurance companies won't approve enough for clusterheads to get through a cycle.

Have you tried oxygen as an abortive and/or verapamil as a preventative?

Title: Re: Instant Success!!!!!
Post by TomM on May 9^th, 2003, 9:30am

on 05/09/03 at 08:04:23, BobG wrote:

Big $$ for the drug company.

Hey. Hey. Hey, now. ;)GlaxcoSmithKline is my client.

I agree, Bob. These manufacturers, my clients or not, get way too much $$$ for drugs we desparately need. Unfortunately, I am part of the problem since my firm does the patent litigations for many durg companies like Eli Lilly, GSK, & Scherring.

TomM ;D

Title: Re: Instant Success!!!!!
Post by cbolony on May 9^th, 2003, 4:01pm

gills imitrex injection i pay 140.00 one statdose to injections in side.When you go to your doctors ask them for samples they are free.Make sure you use the imitrex tip on the left side of the board so you can make the 2 shots into 4 or 6 shots.They also have imitrex in 6mg vials so yoy can load your own needles.

Title: Re: Instant Success!!!!!
Post by gills on May 9^th, 2003, 6:35pm

cbolony

Are you serious? US$140.00 for one standard dose !!!!!!!!

That is about $270 Australian Dollars!!!

Please tell me this is not so...

I want to use about 50 of them a cycle.

Gills

Title: Re: Instant Success!!!!!
Post by gills on May 9^th, 2003, 6:41pm

on 05/09/03 at 08:04:23, BobG wrote:

Have you tried oxygen as an abortive and/or verapamil as a preventative?

Yes Bob G. Depend on Verapamil. They reduce my frequency but the CH's that get through are tough to handle.

Doc will not give me O2 because I smoke.

Gills

Title: Re: Instant Success!!!!!
Post by oringkid on May 9^th, 2003, 7:14pm

Gills... tell him you quit... and be careful when you get it.

Sherry

Title: Re: Instant Success!!!!!
Post by Not4Hire on May 9^th, 2003, 7:20pm

Quote:

Doc will not give me O2 because I smoke.

Gills

....yer doc is a fuckin IDIOT....get a new one.....

grrrrr.....

read the Safety Page: http://www.maplefallswebdesign.com/misc/oxygen/oxygen.htm

and fer the A$$Holes at GSK.......bite me... ya already recovered yer INVESTMENT plus an OBSCENE PROFIT... now make the drug available to PEOPLE-WHO ARE-IN-PAIN at a reasonable price.....

i repeat: grrrrrr