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(Message started by: jimt on May 8^th, 2003, 1:53pm)

Title: Zyprexa for ch
Post by jimt on May 8^th, 2003, 1:53pm

I have been suffering from ch for about a year now.
At first I was only having one a month from Feb. till July then in July I started have 3 to 4 a week. Seen all the doctors and such, a neurologist told me that since winter was comming and the weather would be cold they should stop coming as frequently, he was wrong.
I found that if I drink 4 to 5 beers a night I don't have any headaches but when I stop drinking they start again. I now have a new doctor and he just prescribed Zyprexa which is a anti-phsycotic. I looked it up on yahoo-health and I'm not to pleased with the side-affects they have listed. I've only been on it two days now and am not to happy about being on medication to begin with.
If anyone has tried this or has any information about this medication I would appreciate the help.
thanks.

Title: Re: Zyprexa for ch
Post by cbolony on May 8^th, 2003, 3:08pm

Quote:

I found that if I drink 4 to 5 beers a night I don't have any headaches but when I stop drinking they start again

Jimt in cycle if i have one beer i get CH have to take a imitrex injection to stop the CH.I never heard of anyone who drinks to stop the CH.I wish i could drink to stop the CH but drinking is one of my triggers.

Title: Re: Zyprexa for ch
Post by jimt on May 8^th, 2003, 3:12pm

I never did either, from what I have read, alcohol is one cause of ch. I used to just drink on fri. and sat. nights and would not start getting the ch until tues.

Title: Re: Zyprexa for ch
Post by Kenzie60 on May 8^th, 2003, 3:17pm

I have been on Zpyrexa for one week now and it works. I am also on DHE 45 injections. They also work. I am not having alot of the side effects. I am feeling pretty good as a matter of fact. I am sleeping great.

Roseanne

Title: Re: Zyprexa for ch
Post by BillyJ. on May 9^th, 2003, 12:27am

on 05/08/03 at 13:53:17, jimt wrote:

I have been suffering from ch for about a year now.
At first I was only having one a month from Feb. till July then in July I started have 3 to 4 a week.

Those numbers do not sound like CH,and I hope for your sake that I'm right.
Take the cluster quiz(see button on the left)and let us
know how it turns out.
If it is CH then WELCOME aboard,if not tell us more about you pain,onset,location,intensity and so on,and
we may be able to point you in the right direction.
Wishing you pain free times either way,
Billy

Title: Re: Zyprexa for ch
Post by jimt on May 9^th, 2003, 7:36am

Here's the numbers: since July of last year I get 2 to 4 headaches a week, the pain comes on suddenly behind my left eye and starts to run down my sinus behind my nostral all on the left side, it gets so intense that I either have to roll around on the floor or pace. I usually describe it as a very intense ice cream headache that last from 10 minutes to an hour, or someone drilling into my eye with a dull drill bit and running an auger down my sinus cavity. My nose and eye water. The headache goes away as quick as it starts within seconds.
Does it sound like ch to you?

Title: Re: Zyprexa for ch
Post by BobG on May 9^th, 2003, 8:11am

Sounds like clusters to me. Sorry. :'(

Title: Re: Zyprexa for ch
Post by Bob_Johnson on May 9^th, 2003, 8:21am

I've used it with great success as a replacement for ergomar. The suggested dose, in the initial medical reports on this use, was 5mg to start, increasing to 10mg if 5 didn't work.

I got rapid and predictable results in 20-minutes.

Critical to understand that all the side effects, etc. you read about are not PREDICTIONS but reports of patient experience which appeared during clinical trials. The actual experience of the side effect can be as little as 1-2%. Federal regs require this material be developed by the drug company--but it needs to be interpreted with care.

Use it if it works; report side effects to your doc and let him guide you.

Title: Re: Zyprexa for ch
Post by NewHeadPLZ on May 9^th, 2003, 2:38pm

When I first started having these damn things, they weren't very often (5-6 a year). Today, 15 yrs later I may be cronic. Up two three a day that even 02 won't help. Beer was without a doubt a trigger, still is!!! >:(

Art