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(Message started by: Greg_A on Apr 2^nd, 2002, 7:39pm)

Title: Verap and Lithium Doses?
Post by Greg_A on Apr 2^nd, 2002, 7:39pm

I'm currently taking 720mg of verapamil and 450mg of lithium and its not working.

I'm going back to the VA doc next week and i plan on asking him to up both of them to see if i get any results. If not i want to stop taking them.

What kind of doses is everyone else taking and does it work? I just want to get an idea.

Title: Re: Verap and Lithium Doses?
Post by Bob_P on Apr 2^nd, 2002, 8:45pm

Can't tell ya what dose will work for you but I do want to encourage you, and everyone else, to visit the OUCH site, click on "Surveys" in the nav bar and complete the verapamil surveys.

We're working on a number of surveys to get good info on these types of questions.

The O2 survey will probably be up this week.

If you have other subjects on which a detailed survey would help give us some good statistics be sure to let me know.

Title: Re: Verap and Lithium Doses?
Post by Lee on Apr 2^nd, 2002, 11:23pm

Here is my routine, works for me 85% of the time.

Lithobid sr (not regular lithium) 300 mg x 2
Verapamil er (generic) 240 mg x 2
Note: I have been informed that plain (not er) verapamil is more effective, however it didn't work for me.
Keep O2 and Imitrex injections around for breakthroughs.

Just my life experience, I still get clusters all the time but not nearly as bad as before. During really bad spells I bump the lithobid up to 300mg x 3.

Hope the V.A. will work with you on all of this, lots of dollars.

Lee

Title: Re: Verap and Lithium Doses?
Post by Karla on Apr 3^rd, 2002, 1:30am

I took 900mg of lithium and got 90% relief.