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(Message started by: The Image on Nov 19^th, 2006, 7:18am)

Title: How would you rate each remedy?
Post by The Image on Nov 19^th, 2006, 7:18am

With so many angles of attack on CH's, it's tricky to assess them against each other. Can you rate each of the following out of 10? I know they'll be different for different people but it'll be interesting to see.

Rate each one out of 10

Immigran tabs
Immigran jabs
Namigran tabs
Oxygen
Red Bull
Coffee
Painkillers
Cold air or water

Title: Re: How would you rate each remedy?
Post by LeLimey on Nov 19^th, 2006, 7:26am

http://www.remedyfind.com/HealthConditions/89/

Title: Re: How would you rate each remedy?
Post by clusterwife on Nov 19^th, 2006, 9:06am

No one will agree as to what is the best overall, only what "works" for them. My hubby has tried 'em all, even had surgery to numb that side, and the beast switched sides anyway. As to your answer:
0
5
1
9
3
4
6
1
....according to him.
Hope this helps!

Title: Re: How would you rate each remedy?
Post by MJ on Nov 19^th, 2006, 11:50am

Remedyfind.com is a good sight add your ratings.

Rate each one out of 10

Immigran tabs ...................N/A
Immigran jabs ................... -1
Namigran tabs ................. .N/A
Oxygen .............................. -2
Red Bull ............................ 1
Coffee .............................. 2
Painkillers .......................... -3
Cold air or water ............... 0

Title: Re: How would you rate each remedy?
Post by chopmyheadoff on Nov 20^th, 2006, 8:19am

imitrex injections 10
imitrex sprays 5

cold air helps calm me
everything else 0

Title: Re: How would you rate each remedy?
Post by mynm156 on Nov 20^th, 2006, 8:57am

Immigran tabs NA
Immigran jabs 7
Namigran tabs NA
Oxygen 0
Red Bull 0
Coffee 0
Painkillers 6 Stadol only
Cold air or water ICE PACKS 5

Title: Re: How would you rate each remedy?
Post by UN-solved on Nov 20^th, 2006, 9:56am

Immigran tabs = 0
Immigran jabs = 10
Namigran tabs = 0
Oxygen = 0
Red Bull = 0
Coffee = 0
Painkillers = 4 (super strong injectable pain meds, Opiods)
Cold air or water = 0

Title: Re: How would you rate each remedy?
Post by Ozark_E on Nov 20^th, 2006, 12:01pm

Immigran tabs = 6
Immigran jabs = 10
Namigran tabs = na
Oxygen = 6
Red Bull = na
Coffee = 4
Painkillers = na
Cold air or water = 4

Title: Re: How would you rate each remedy?
Post by Tata on Nov 20^th, 2006, 12:39pm

on 11/19/06 at 07:18:33, The Image wrote:

Rate each one out of 10

Immigran tabs N/A
Immigran jabs N/A
Namigran tabs N/A
Oxygen +9
Red Bull 0, (made me hurl)
Coffee +9
Painkillers -10 (make me feel high and in pain--not a good combo)

Cold air or water +8 (ice and cold air are great)

Title: Re: How would you rate each remedy?
Post by The Image on Nov 20^th, 2006, 4:57pm

Quite a few low ratings for Oxygen then. Has it not worked for a lot of people or is the low rating by people who havn't tried it?

Title: Re: How would you rate each remedy?
Post by Guiseppi on Nov 20^th, 2006, 5:24pm

Imitrex tabs-0
Imitrex jabs-9
Oxygen-10
Red Bull-0
Coffee-5
Painkillers-5
Cold Air-3
Oxygen is tricky for many as it must be used right or it's worthless. I suspect some people use it wrong and give up too soon, then I'm sure there are others it just don't work for!!!!! Hope it helps.

Guiseppi

Title: Re: How would you rate each remedy?
Post by GuitarBill on Nov 23^rd, 2006, 3:47am

Oxygen is always 10 for me personally. I used to use DHE nasal spray and that was about 2 (with nausea from swallowing the crap)! I hope you find your number 10! But it never seems to go away completely...

Title: Re: How would you rate each remedy?
Post by Chillrmn1 on Nov 24^th, 2006, 6:08am

Rate each one out of 10

Immigran tabs, 0; Would take too long, offered no relief for attack.

Immigran jabs, 10; For quick abort but caused recurring and higher frequency of attacks with uncomfortable side effects, stopped using two years ago.

Namigran tabs, N/A; Never used.

Oxygen, 10; Excellent when used at onset of attack, never caused recurrent attacks, no side effects except slightly dry throat which I'm sure would be reduced with use of humidifier/bubbler.

Red Bull, N/A; Never tried for CH.

Coffee, 0; Never noticed relief from. Will try expresso or Cuban coffee with higher caffeine content in future.

Painkillers, 0; Never experienced relief from attack, seemed to escalate pain level.

Cold air or water , 0; Hot rags and hot showers offer me relief.

Added Remedy To List: Alternatives, 10; Provided PF relief and cessation of attacks for up to 4 days while in cycle. After termination of cycle have been 100% successful being PF and cycle-free for 19 months plus. Historical my time between cycles had been 12 - 14 months.

Title: Re: How would you rate each remedy?
Post by UN solved on Nov 24^th, 2006, 10:16pm

on 11/20/06 at 16:57:46, The Image wrote:

Quite a few low ratings for Oxygen then. Has it not worked for a lot of people or is the low rating by people who havn't tried it?

I'm sure O2 works for alot of people. It just won't work for me. :-/

UNsolved

Title: Re: How would you rate each remedy?
Post by CynthiaB on Nov 25^th, 2006, 9:49am

All of the triptan tabs I tried.........0

jabs..................n/a >10 hits a day sometimes. Can't take that many jabs. Why bother.

Red Bull is gross!!!

I've tried O2 3 times, but I could never get to it right when a hit started. Maybe 5 minutes or more into it. I didn't hurt while I was on it, but I would pop right back up to half the intensity when I got off the mask. Which is better than no result at all. I'll try to get to it faster next time.(You'd be surprised how long it takes to arm wrestle a patient for their oxygen heehee).

Can't tolerate anything hot when I'm taking a hit, so I've never tried lots of caffeine.

Cold is great. I'll go outside without a jacket when it's 35 and it'll knock it out. I've give cold air a 10++. I think a cold air mask would work just as well for me as a non-rebreather. If my cycle isn't over next week, I'll experiment with that at work and post the results.

Title: Re: How would you rate each remedy?
Post by gore2424 on Nov 25^th, 2006, 8:38pm

0 used to work many many years ago
0 ditto
0 ditto
1 ditto
2 other types
3 coffee
9 (75 mgc/h fentynal pain patch/10mg morpine shots)
3 AIR

Title: Re: How would you rate each remedy?
Post by mynm156 on Nov 26^th, 2006, 9:55pm

on 11/20/06 at 16:57:46, The Image wrote:

Quite a few low ratings for Oxygen then. Has it not worked for a lot of people or is the low rating by people who havn't tried it?

O2 works but immediatly rebounds for me once I take it off! Very very sad cause in my profession I can have all the O2 I would ever need!!!!

Title: Re: How would you rate each remedy?
Post by Sandy_C on Nov 27^th, 2006, 5:30pm

Immigran tabs 3 (too slow)
Immigran jabs N/A
Namigran tabs N/A
Oxygen unknown (it's in the closet awaiting next cycle)
Red Bull 5 for shadows - not for a hits
Coffee 0
Painkillers 0
Cold air or water 10 - bestest thing in the world for me.

Added: Alternatives 20 - taking maintenance doses to ward off next cycle completely - so far, working like a charm. Oxygen might have to stay in the closet permanently ;;D

Sandy

Title: Re: How would you rate each remedy?
Post by stpp77 on Nov 27^th, 2006, 6:19pm

Immitrex Injections-7
Immitrex Tabs-n/a
Namigran Tabs-n/a
Oxygen-10
Coffee-0
Red Bull-0
Painkillers-0
Cold air-helps a little if pacing in it
Cold water-2

Title: Re: How would you rate each remedy?
Post by Melvyn on Nov 29^th, 2006, 9:21am

Imigran injects - always stop pain within a minute or two but can give me rebounds.

Haven't tried O2 yet

Nothing else on the list works

Why is Melatonin not on the list? - this is the only preventer that works almost 100% for me.