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(Message started by: LasVegas on Aug 4^th, 2005, 1:10pm)

Title: 2004, 2005 CH advances?
Post by LasVegas on Aug 4^th, 2005, 1:10pm

The medication survey tab on this site is helpful, but the survey was completed back in 2000. I last suffered CH in Fall 2003 and at that time was on Pred and Verap as preventatives and o2 and Trex shots as abortives. Has the CH community made any medical advances with other preventative or abortive medications/methods that have been unanimously helpful since Fall 2003 or are the meds I listed above still known to be the best for episodic CH sufferers? Please reply...thanks in advance, Gregg in Las Vegas

Title: Re: 2004, 2005 CH advances?
Post by vig on Aug 4^th, 2005, 1:22pm

http://med-owl.com/clusterheadaches/tiki-index.php?page=Kudzu

www.clusterbusters.com

Title: Re: 2004, 2005 CH advances?
Post by LasVegas on Aug 4^th, 2005, 1:54pm

Vig, thanks for sharing, interesting info. Any other replies?

Title: Re: 2004, 2005 CH advances?
Post by Bob P on Aug 4^th, 2005, 3:03pm

They are working on CGRP antagonists which may just take the pain out of clusters. Still in the experimental/research phase.

Title: Re: 2004, 2005 CH advances?
Post by LasVegas on Aug 4^th, 2005, 3:16pm

Bob P, great news...wow, a delight to hear....any links to share on this? Gregg in Las Vegas

Title: Re: 2004, 2005 CH advances?
Post by BobG on Aug 4^th, 2005, 3:37pm

Bob P is signed off right now so I’ll do this for him. We gotta do everything for Boob!

Put CGRP antagonists into your Google and a bunch of sites will appear.
Here’s one to get you started.

http://headaches.about.com/cs/druginfo/a/cgrp_intro.htm

Title: Re: 2004, 2005 CH advances?
Post by Bob P on Aug 4^th, 2005, 3:41pm

I'm here ya big bufoon!

Try:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed
plug BIBN4096BS in the search box and you'll get 3 pages of articles on it.

What's the temp in Vegas Bob?

Title: Re: 2004, 2005 CH advances?
Post by BobG on Aug 4^th, 2005, 3:51pm

It's pretty nice today, except for the humidity.

100 degrees and 25 % wetness. Hoping for a big lightning storm later this evening.

Big bufoon..............LMAO...I like that. :D

Title: Re: 2004, 2005 CH advances?
Post by floridian on Aug 4^th, 2005, 3:54pm

The government approved pharmaceutical CGRP blockers are still a few years off, but there are plant compounds that do this:

http://www.med-owl.com/clusterheadaches/tiki-index.php?page=CGRP

Title: Re: 2004, 2005 CH advances?
Post by LasVegas on Aug 4^th, 2005, 3:55pm

Bob G....still around, how's everything? Thanks for the links! Bob P...101 here, kindof "cool" today! Gregg

Title: Re: 2004, 2005 CH advances?
Post by Kris_in_SJ on Aug 4^th, 2005, 6:57pm

Here's another one. Don't quite know how much has changed, but this one sure helped me as an every 3-5 year sufferer:

http://www.brightok.net/~mnjday/chtherapy.pdf

Hugs and PF Wishes,

Kris

Title: Re: 2004, 2005 CH advances?
Post by LasVegas on Aug 6^th, 2005, 11:43am

Great links, now let's just get these meds on the market.