Clusterheadaches.com Message Board


    
      
        Clusterheadaches.com Message Board
        (http://www.clusterheadaches.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi)
      

        New Message Board Archives >> Medications, Treatments, Therapies 2004 >> anyone  tried this medication yet?
        
(Message started by: virusxz on Mar 12^th, 2004, 7:11pm)

Title: anyone tried this medication yet?
Post by virusxz on Mar 12^th, 2004, 7:11pm

hi all i just discovered this site and it is great.like most i have suffered from cluster headaches for years done evey medical and allegery test known to man,all kinds of medication.last year my doctor prescribed me something different named FROVA and it has been a godsend for me so i dont know if this will help someone but it cant hurt to ask your dr about good luck all steve

Title: Re: anyone tried this medication yet?
Post by Rock_Lobster on Mar 12^th, 2004, 11:20pm

Please describe your experience in a bit more detail... dosages... how long it took to take hold... did you have to taper up / down...

More information is good!

Thx,
Rock

Title: Re: anyone tried this medication yet?
Post by UN_SOLVED on Mar 12^th, 2004, 11:25pm

I'm sure lots of ppl here have heard of Frova. It's a triptan, like Imitrex, that last longer. If you take Frova, you can't take Imitrex and that's a big turn off to many clusterheads. Glad to hear that it is working for you.

Unsolved

Title: Re: anyone tried this medication yet?
Post by helpless23 on Mar 13^th, 2004, 9:05am

HI Steve,

My husband tried Frova first out of all the meds he's tried. It was working pretty good - he wasn't getting hit as often and not as long but he was still getting hit. It cut the beast down to about once a day. Then we went to fill it at the pharmacy and they refused it. Seems the refill is only good every 30 days. (the dose our Dr. gave us was only 21 pills) He is taking Verapamil now, 240 X 2 and it's working wonders. The beast hasn't showed up in 7 days now!

Glad that Frova is working for you! All the best!

Much Love,
Toni

Title: Re: anyone tried this medication yet?
Post by BobG on Mar 13^th, 2004, 9:27am

There's another (short) string on Frova further down the board.