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(Message started by: TonyG1 on Jan 13th, 2007, 7:35pm)
Title: Nimodipine ??
Post by TonyG1 on Jan 13th, 2007, 7:35pm
First I had heard of this drug ... anyone ever used it to prevent CH attacks ??  If so, was it effective ?

Drug Info:

http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/2200/2257.asp?index=9204
Title: Re: Nimodipine ??
Post by pubgirl on Jan 13th, 2007, 7:40pm
Looks like it works in a similar way to Verapamil?

W
Title: Re: Nimodipine ??
Post by floridian on Jan 13th, 2007, 9:16pm

on 01/13/07 at 19:40:49, pubgirl wrote:
Looks like it works in a similar way to Verapamil?

W


Looks like it ... both are classed as calcium channel blockers. Raise the red flag with respect to combining this with Red Bull or taurine.  
Title: Re: Nimodipine ??
Post by pubgirl on Jan 13th, 2007, 9:31pm
Do you know if it is an old drug Jonathan?

If it is, it would suggest that it has been tried but that Verap was better (or cheaper  ;;D)


Wendy
Title: Re: Nimodipine ??
Post by Pinkfloyd on Jan 14th, 2007, 12:49am

on 01/13/07 at 21:31:57, pubgirl wrote:
Do you know if it is an old drug Jonathan?

If it is, it would suggest that it has been tried but that Verap was better (or cheaper  ;;D)

Wendy


Hi Wendy  ;;D

I tried this one over 20 years ago. If I remember correctly, I had a difficult time standing up and was constantly buzzed. It was much more side-effectual (how's that for a new word) than verapamil ever was.
I believe its a much more active drug than verapamil.

As to the cost.....here in the US, it would be more widely prescribed if it cost MORE, not less. ;-)

Rarely used for clusters.....surprised to even hear the name again.

Bobw
Title: Re: Nimodipine ??
Post by pubgirl on Jan 14th, 2007, 4:57am
:-*

Bob
Thanks, guessed as much.

Love to you

W
Title: Re: Nimodipine ??
Post by TonyG1 on Jan 14th, 2007, 11:59am
Thanks, appreciate the info.  I stumbled across the name and had never heard of it before.   [smiley=huh.gif]

Tony
Title: Re: Nimodipine ??
Post by UN solved on Jan 14th, 2007, 12:26pm
Nimotop .... sure I've tried those too  ::)   They were as big as bigger than horse pills  :o   And of course, they did nothing to stop my attacks.

UNsolved

PS. Did I mention they were HUGE !!  lol
Title: Re: Nimodipine ??
Post by Pinkfloyd on Jan 14th, 2007, 4:59pm

on 01/14/07 at 12:26:44, UN solved wrote:
PS. Did I mention they were HUGE !!  lol


[smiley=laugh.gif]
Yeah, man I forgot about that...they were. That was in another lifetime and I have trouble remembering THIS one.

No disrespect, really, but I still get a chuckle when people report that they've tried *everything* and then list a dozen meds.

For those that never tried Nimotop, it's not a Transformer Action Figure.....it's one of those "cluster meds" borrowed from other treatments for conditions that are only as closely related as a 3rd cousin's illegitimate stepson.

Bobw
Title: Re: Nimodipine ??
Post by TonyG1 on Jan 14th, 2007, 5:22pm

on 01/14/07 at 16:59:57, Pinkfloyd wrote:
For those that never tried Nimotop, it's not a Transformer Action Figure.....it's one of those "cluster meds" borrowed from other treatments for conditions that are only as closely related as a 3rd cousin's illegitimate stepson.

Bobw


Thats great info ... sounds to be part of a very disfunctional family... :)
Title: Re: Nimodipine ??
Post by pubgirl on Jan 14th, 2007, 6:51pm

on 01/14/07 at 16:59:57, Pinkfloyd wrote:
[smiley=laugh.gif]

No disrespect, really, but I still get a chuckle when people report that they've tried *everything* and then list a dozen meds.


Bobw


Perhaps you should do a thread Bob!

Entitled: "Bob's Been there, tried that, it does diddly squat" to save people lots of time  ;;D

Love

W
Title: Re: Nimodipine ??
Post by Pinkfloyd on Jan 15th, 2007, 2:08am

on 01/14/07 at 18:51:24, pubgirl wrote:
Perhaps you should do a thread Bob!

Entitled: "Bob's Been there, tried that, it does diddly squat" to save people lots of time  ;;D

Love

W


Hiya W,
Well, I could but as you know, what's good/bad for this goose isn't always good/bad for any old gander out there.

Bob
Does the size of my list really matter? ;-)
Title: Re: Nimodipine ??
Post by pubgirl on Jan 15th, 2007, 6:59am
No Bob

It is never the size of the list, it is how you use it  ;)

W
Title: Re: Nimodipine ??
Post by UN solved on Jan 15th, 2007, 4:50pm

on 01/15/07 at 02:08:20, Pinkfloyd wrote:
Does the size of my list really matter? ;-)



on 01/15/07 at 06:59:53, pubgirl wrote:
It is never the size of the list, it is how you use it  ;)


I don't care what ya say ... my list IS HUGE !!  ;;D

UNsolved
Title: Re: Nimodipine ??
Post by pubgirl on Jan 15th, 2007, 6:29pm
[smiley=laugh.gif] [smiley=laugh.gif] [smiley=laugh.gif]
Title: Re: Nimodipine ??
Post by Pinkfloyd on Jan 15th, 2007, 11:41pm

on 01/15/07 at 06:59:53, pubgirl wrote:
No Bob

It is never the size of the list, it is how you use it  ;)

W


I hear ya W,

UNsolved...
My list has always been prescribed QID and "use as directed" but was assigned an LD50 dose by the FDA after a near tragic event   :o

Bobw
We should stop now before being told to move to a different forum ;-)


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