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(Message started by: lennycohen on Jan 6^th, 2008, 10:31am)

Title: amlodipine (Norvasc) vs verapamil
Post by lennycohen on Jan 6^th, 2008, 10:31am

Any thoughts on this one?
My neuro wants to try norvasc out before going to verapamil for the side effect profile benefits, says it's all about controlling the calcium channel, etc, kept me on the Tmax, tapering the steroid, switched my abortive from zomig nasal to imitrex injection (which he got me 30 shots for my co-pay of $20, holy cow!)(btw, tried the imitrex the other night, works way better than the zomig)
Sorry, off topic.
So - he basically said that by the time thaat verapamil was effective for cluster that you can't poop, so let's try the norvasc - has anybody else tried norvasc?

Title: Re: amlodipine (Norvasc) vs verapamil
Post by Bob_Johnson on Jan 6^th, 2008, 2:10pm

Over the years, several drugs in this and other classes of BP meds, have been tried for CH without success. Verap has clearly been the winner and I cannot recall anyone having serious problems of constipation reporting it here. (Some mild cases but not to the degree where Verap has been discontinued.)

In any case, it's not a difficult problem to handle in exchange for the benefits of Verap. This appears to be true even with the rather high doses of Verap needed to affect CH.

Title: Re: amlodipine (Norvasc) vs verapamil
Post by EstieSA on Jan 6^th, 2008, 4:19pm

on 01/06/08 at 10:31:11, lennycohen wrote:

Any thoughts on this one?
My neuro wants to try norvasc out before going to verapamil for the side effect profile benefits, says it's all about controlling the calcium channel...by the time that verapamil was effective for cluster that you can't poop, so let's try the norvasc

Nothing wrong with the theory - try it & report back! :)

Title: Re: amlodipine (Norvasc) vs verapamil
Post by tigerman on Jan 10^th, 2008, 6:24pm

Tried 2 yrs. ago & did not have another cluster(Quit taking them after a week)This last round they did not work,but the pills were a year out of date?Sorry, the norvasc.It may be more for migraines?