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(Message started by: 5-string on Jul 31^st, 2003, 7:30am)

Title: percorgesic
Post by 5-string on Jul 31^st, 2003, 7:30am

Has anyone ever tried this?
It was suggested to me from a friend who suffers from migrains.I'ts over the counter. I"m going to run out and get some as soon as I can make it from this chair to the car. This sucks
My heads@#&$%#@ killing me.
thanks,
mark

Title: Re: percorgesic
Post by maggie_may on Jul 31^st, 2003, 1:51pm

Hi 5-string!

Sorry I missed your 'hello' post in the general forum. Sorry you need to find us, but glad you're here. Definitely get yourself to a neuro with printouts of this site and OUCH to make sure you get a correct diagnosis.

About your question about percogesic. WebMD has a decent description of what the drug is all about here:
http://my.webmd.com/content/drugs/2/4046_1333.htm?lastselectedguid={5FE84E90-BC77-4056-A91C-9531713CA348}

As far as I can tell, it does the same thing as Advil, Tylenol, etc. (Though I could be wrong). In other words, if that is the correct description of the drug, it won't come anywhere near CH. Most of us here benefit from using Imitrex (part of the triptan family of medications) and pure Oxygen as abortives for our pain.

Hopefully I was of some help here.

pfdans to you,
maggie

Title: Re: percorgesic
Post by Hound_Dogg on Aug 1^st, 2003, 8:30am

Percogesic is a great over the counter pain reliever. Works great for tension headaches. I don't have migraines...so I can't answer on that. But it doesn't do anything for Cluster Headaches. I've yet to find any O.T.C drugs that help Clusters.

Jim

Title: Re: percorgesic
Post by 5-string on Aug 5^th, 2003, 12:52pm

Thanks for the advise,
Iwas out of town over the weekend. You're correct in that it did nothing for my head. A friend of mine said it helps with migrains sometimes. It was wortha try.

Thanks again,
Mark