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(Message started by: Valerie on Oct 4^th, 2004, 11:47am)

Title: Zomig - My new best friend
Post by Valerie on Oct 4^th, 2004, 11:47am

My doctor gave me Zomig on Friday - the rapid dissolving kind. It works great! I took it on Friday after my visit because I was having heavy duty shadows, stopped them in their tracks. I took it again Saturday morning at my 6:00 wake up call - it knocked the headache out in about 5 minutes. I didn't take it on Sunday for my 6am ha because I stupidly thought it was going to be a mild one - NOT - it lasted about an hour and was easily a k8. My question is - how often can I take it? I was worried about taking too much and what are the side effects? I've taken Imitrex before and if I didn't take it at the beginning of the ha it didn't do anything but make me feel very jittery. Is it the same with Zomig? I took it again this morning and it worked great. Will I get rebound headaches? Thanks in advance for any responses :)

Valerie

Title: Re: Zomig - My new best friend
Post by karma on Oct 4^th, 2004, 12:30pm

Hi Valerie,
I don't have allot of experience with triptans but I did use Zomig recently a couple of times. The trick is in the timing. If its to late its ineffectice and a waste. Pesonaly I thought it was a waste and gave false hope and more HA's.
I suggest calling the docs office to get info on the dosage limits. The only thing I read when I got the script was to wait two hours between doses.
Trex injects and nasal sprays seem to work faster.

Title: Re: Zomig - My new best friend
Post by thomas on Oct 4^th, 2004, 3:37pm

I haven't had a rebound from zomig yet.

Title: Re: Zomig - My new best friend
Post by Mr. Happy on Oct 5^th, 2004, 12:35am

on 10/04/04 at 11:47:17, Valerie wrote:

My question is - how often can I take it? I was worried about taking too much and what are the side effects

It your heart's still ticking regularly, then you haven't taken too much.......yet. If you're taking that much, then you won't have to worry about too much for too long, unless you have one heck of a prescription plan. Either you're one of those hard CH nuts to crack, or you aren't taking proper preventatives, properly.
I like Zomig. Wino swears by the quick-melts, too. Thomas' vote doesn't count. (He's Methodist.) The stuff has a nice half-life, and can get you some much needed sleep, eh? Still......a good offense puts points on the board......a good defense prevents the opponent from scoring.

I like Zomig,
RJ

Edited to protect the innocent.

Title: Re: Zomig - My new best friend
Post by plateglass on Oct 5^th, 2004, 8:05am

Hey Valerie, I just switched to Zomig from the Imitrex. The Imitrex was giving me shadows that would last all day. The Zomig has been great for me, seems to be lasting longer than the Imi. too. My script says can repeat Once after 2 hrs. Hope it helps...
..Steve :D

Ohh yeah I'm on the nasal spray not tabs!

Title: Re: Zomig - My new best friend
Post by Valerie on Oct 5^th, 2004, 11:29am

Thanks for the responses.

I don't think I'm doing the proper preventatives - I'm on verapamil but it isn't doing crap for me. Maybe I'm not taking enough or it hasn't kicked in yet. I have to get my Zomig script filled today - I don't want to waste them because I'm not sure a) how much they cost b) how much they will let me have.

Oxygen hasn't worked for me in the past but I don't know if I had the non-rebreather mask.

I'm going to a neuro in a few weeks - hopefully it will help - I'm at the end of my rope.