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(Message started by: suziq on Feb 10^th, 2006, 5:55pm)

Title: IV Histamine Anyone?
Post by suziq on Feb 10^th, 2006, 5:55pm

Has anyone tried I.V. Histamine Desensitization? If so, please tell me about it. I found 2 old posts from Nov '05 about a clusterhead that got relief from it, and I found a brief article online, but not enough info.

I've got my 02 and clustermasx(clustermasx is great!); 320 mg Verapamil per day; Relpax; but still no relief. I had IV steriod and DHE therapy a week ago and no help.

I appreciate any responses - thank you for being there! This site is a godsend!
Suziq

Title: Re: IV Histamine Anyone?
Post by unsolved1 on Feb 10^th, 2006, 6:57pm

Gosh, I've tried just about everything. Nothing seemed to help for very long until I tried IV Histamine. I first did it in October of 2004. Since then i've done it several more times. It stops my headaches for several weeks at a time. The last time I did it was in late November. I've had a few sporadic attacks since then, but i'm doing okay right now. When my attacks come back, i'll go in and do it again. It's been the best thing i've done so far. I'm very happy with it :)

IV Histamine treatment requires several days in the hospital. You get 2 bags of IV Histamine per day for 11 days ... you must complete 21 IV bags.

Most of the time, my headaches stop after 4 - 6 days. I usually do DHE or IV steriods for the first couple of days to give the Histamine time to do its thing.

Goodluck SuziQ

UNsolved