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(Message started by: drap on Feb 27^th, 2004, 1:12pm)

Title: new med for me
Post by drap on Feb 27^th, 2004, 1:12pm

how long to wait for a new med to work . my doc put me on depakote 250mg and stadol spray 10mg and i'm finishing the tail in of prednisone . i just started these meds yeserday. i am still having some real bad CH . they are mostly coming in the at night one as i leave work at 3:00pm and the rest when i'm asleep . a least 4 ch a day. during 6:00pm and 9:00 pm i have a ch that's about 6 it just makes my home life with my family destoyed. thanks for being there. drap

Title: Re: new med for me
Post by Kevin_M on Feb 27^th, 2004, 1:34pm

on 02/27/04 at 13:12:29, drap wrote:

First meeting with my neuro years ago he prescribed dep. Sorry I don't remember the "build up" time for its effectiveness. If there is a ramping up time involved, your doc should have started it so that it would take affect as the prednisone taper diminished.
I didn't have luck with depakote as a preventative, I don't know about stadol spray. From your post, it might seem the preventatives may not be as effective as the doc thought it might be. Let doc know, sometimes they have a number of preventatives which are known to be effective and need to know from you if they hit the jackpot on their first try.
Keep hangin' tough and express the frequency and intensity of which you are going through to him. Been in 'dem shoes. Make him think harder, or you may hurt longer.

Best to you. Good luck.

Kevin M

Title: Re: new med for me
Post by AlienSpaceBabe on Feb 27^th, 2004, 2:26pm

drap, for me, it took a couple of weeks for the depakote to kick in and start helping with CH.

do you have oxygen to abort headaches? it's quite effective for most CHers, is relatively inexpensive, is usually covered by insurance, and doesn't seem to have any side effects...

Lizzie

Title: Re: new med for me
Post by Gena on Feb 27^th, 2004, 2:56pm

on 02/27/04 at 13:12:29, drap wrote:

how long to wait for a new med to work . my doc put me on depakote 250mg drap

My 7 year old is on depakote same doseage and it took one week for me to notice a diff.
Being that he is small it might take a little longer for you depending on your weight.

Gena

Title: Re: new med for me
Post by echo on Feb 27^th, 2004, 3:21pm

Glad you have found a potential relief.

If you dilute the stadol with distilled water it will still do the trick but won't make you such a zombie.

Title: Re: new med for me
Post by thebbz on Feb 28^th, 2004, 11:51pm

Drap,
Man you are really going through it , my heart goes goes out to you. Sounds like me about 10 years ago.
Personally, all prevents have failed for me. Tried all to date that I and 4neureos can come up with. Every time I try prevents in a cluster, it worsens the demon, more instense pain and number. I started the taper on the prednisone yesterday. I agree with prior suggestion to work in prevents on taper . Neuro (more than one ) has told me never to abruptly start or stop any meds.
All the best John and Joan Bebee the bbz

Title: Re: new med for me
Post by Charlie on Feb 29^th, 2004, 12:56am

Took it for seizures. Takes about a week or so.

Made me hungry

Good luck.

Charlie

Title: Re: new med for me
Post by Prense on Feb 29^th, 2004, 10:39am

250mg seems a little low to me for depakote as a preventative. I ended up at 1000mg/day, but it still did not do jack for my CH.

Chris

Title: Re: new med for me
Post by UN_SOLVED on Feb 29^th, 2004, 11:21am

I ended up at 1750 mg a day. Didn't help me either. Better ditch the Stadol spray. You'll get hooked on something that doesn't work.

Unsolved

Title: Re: new med for me
Post by Lizzie2 on Feb 29^th, 2004, 11:26am

I forget how much depakote I wound up on...too much! Anyhow, be careful on that stadol. Like Unsolved says, it can be addicting...also can cause rebound...you don't need rebound on top of clusters!