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(Message started by: boomer52 on Dec 2^nd, 2005, 8:08am)

Title: verapimil
Post by boomer52 on Dec 2^nd, 2005, 8:08am

Can you take Verapimil and Imitrex together?

Title: Re: verapimil
Post by E-Double on Dec 2^nd, 2005, 8:13am

on 12/02/05 at 08:08:14, boomer52 wrote:

Can you take Verapimil and Imitrex together?

YES!
They are serve different purposes.

Verapamil is a prophylactic medication used to decrease frequency of your attacks

Imitrex is an abortive med. used to stop an acute attack.

Check your other post as well.

A lot to learn and you are in the right place!

Title: Re: verapimil
Post by boomer52 on Dec 2^nd, 2005, 8:19am

thanks, maybe I"ll try getting back on verapimil and see if it helps this time.

Title: Re: verapimil
Post by Jasmyn on Dec 4^th, 2005, 2:52am

What's your dosage of Verap that you take per day?

Maybe ask your doc to increase the dosage and don't use the slow release type. Sometimes Verap stops working when the dosage is too small and after taking it for a few years.

Title: Re: verapimil
Post by Squanto on Dec 4^th, 2005, 9:15am

Boomer52,

If you don't already know, Verapamil tends to constipate many folks who take it. When I say "constipate," think major log jam! There many OTC things to help that, but they work best BEFORE the problem shows up.

Good luck,
Squanto

Title: Re: verapimil
Post by boomer52 on Dec 4^th, 2005, 12:43pm

thaks for the input, my verapamil is 240mg

Title: Re: verapimil
Post by unsolved1 on Dec 4^th, 2005, 1:01pm

on 12/04/05 at 12:43:25, boomer52 wrote:

thaks for the input, my verapamil is 240mg

That should be considered a low dose. Most who get relief from Verapamil are taking 480 - 960mg/day but some can't handle those dosages because of blood pressure problems (being too low)

UNsolved

Title: Re: verapimil
Post by boomer52 on Dec 4^th, 2005, 1:16pm

Thanks, I'll try a higher dose. I quit my doctor after he told me he couldn't help me, to just go to the emergency room. The emergency room docs tend to try about anything I recomend.

Title: Re: verapimil
Post by jon019 on Dec 4^th, 2005, 2:07pm

Posted by: boomer52 Posted on: Today at 1:16pm
Thanks, I'll try a higher dose. I quit my doctor after he told me he couldn't help me, to just go to the emergency room. The emergency room docs tend to try about anything I recomend.

AAAAAAAAAArgh! That just totally pisses me off. I have had numerous physicians who knew less about CH than I did but NEVER one who quit on me. Lame, lame LAME!
Glad you quit and hope you find someone responsible and caring and professional enough to RESEARCH.

Emergency room? Fine, if you want to let people with no idea watch you get hit. And, by the time they can see you, it's over! Visit the OUCH board and find a local physician that can help.

Regards

Jon

Title: Re: verapimil
Post by boomer52 on Dec 4^th, 2005, 2:15pm

Yes, the times I have went to the er, I was mostly over the pain by the time they saw me, but they were more sympathetic than my doc. Alot of the nurses tell me they understand because they get migrains. I don't say anything, but I always think, whatever.

Title: Re: verapimil
Post by boomer52 on Dec 5^th, 2005, 10:16am

I doubled the verapamil from 240mg to 480mgs a day and so far since yesterday no headaches. Probably just a fluke, but am hoping. Thanks everyone for the info.

Title: Re: verapimil
Post by boomer52 on Dec 7^th, 2005, 8:54pm

Thanks for the help everyone. Since I upped the verapamil to 480mgs I've been pf 3 days..... Now, for my next question, I am also taking lipator 20mgs. Is it out of the question to finally have a beer?

Title: Re: verapimil
Post by E-Double on Dec 7^th, 2005, 9:13pm

just be ready to abort.

You're a big boy an dcan do whatcha like.
If you get whacked, you learn what not to do.
If you don't hen maybe you can enjoy one every so often

Happy sipping

Title: Re: verapimil
Post by bnfreeman on Dec 7^th, 2005, 9:35pm

The verapamil makes me sooo sleepy. And yes it can be rough on the tummy. Sometimes beer will cause a hit and sometimes it won't. When it does I go straight to the O2. verapamil is also combined with Lithium in a lot of cases and seems to work. Best wishes.

Brandi

Title: Re: verapimil
Post by boomer52 on Dec 8^th, 2005, 10:31am

Thanks, but I am still scared, I think I'll abstain from the libations for awhile.....It feels too good to be PF

Title: Re: verapimil
Post by chewy on Dec 9^th, 2005, 7:56am

Quote:

Can you take Verapimil and Imitrex together?

Wouldn't have it any other way except I might throw some prednisone into the mix.

Quote:

I think I'll abstain from the libations for awhile.....

Wise choice.

Title: Re: verapimil
Post by boomer52 on Dec 10^th, 2005, 9:28pm

what does the prednisone do? I went about 4 days PF and then got hit with a bad one this morning.