There has been some discussions about that. Not sure of any scientific evidence as the problem with CH is it tends to morf itself over time.

I'm one who strongly believes imitrex extends my cycle. Faced with a hard hitting attack, away from my trusty oxygen,.....I immediately turn to the imitrex.  I guess you get to pick your poison!

Joe

interesting concept, but since very little research is out there to help, it is always good to get a consensus of peoples experiences. there is no such thing as "fact" for cluster headaches.  each has their own experience.  even our pain is subjective.

I have to say that my last cycle before this one ran from April of 07 to August of 08 to the point I thought I had gone chronic. I had found a cheap source of 50 mg imitrex tabs that I used as a preventive during that cycle. I took them an hour before an event such as lunch or dinner with customers (I am in outside sales and I do a LOT of networking) attending a baseball game, or playing golf. If I knew that I still would not be able to get to my 02 I would take another 2 hours into whatever it was I was doing up to 4 times that day/evening for a total of 200mg some days. While this allowed me to do my job I truly believe this helped push my cycle out to the point that it even went  away for a week and then came back on the other side of my face. I had never had a cycle that lasted for a year and a half. I really thought that I had learned how to manage the beast but after reading a lot of anecdotal information I think I caused the length of that cycle. Has anyone else tried imitrex tabs as a preventative (by the way it worked to the point I could have a drink without triggering an attack)? I am not recommending this just adding my anecdotal information to the thread, I would trade a shorter cycle than do what I did last cycle. I have not touched trex for almost a month now due to trying a cluster buster and that is going well. My 2 cents.


David