Posted by Adam Rosen (152.163.207.193) on December 23, 2000 at 14:57:19:
In Reply to: Imitrex Frequency posted by ChrisNJ on July 10, 1999 at 17:19:15:
I came on looking for information about people who take the shot more frequently than the insert says -- which is "no more than two 6 mg injections in a 24 hour period." It is distressing that it says that because I've been having the headaches more frequently in my last two clusters -- this time and two years ago. It was a relief to see that someone on here HAS taken more than that per day. . becuase I just DID it this morning -- 3rd shot in 18 hours -- .
It's somewhat distressing not to know why they tell you not to take more than 2 in 24 hours. I mean, the half-life is like 2 hours. . so it goes out of your system pretty quick. . so what the hell is the problem. My big worry is about the heart issues -- but those seem kinda overblown too -- the number of real problems they've had seems incredibly low. Sooooo, I might even take ANOTHER shot today if I need to -- that pain is just too horrible to just hang with. What I am pissed about is that I let the pharmacist get away with giving me only eight shots, instead of the 18 that my doctor prescribed -- I just figured I wouldn't use them anyways becuase the cluster wouldn't last that long -- but now I've gone through 5 and it's still here. Very kewl to have this newsgroup to bitch about it all though -- first time I've ever had to use a newsgroup for a problem. KEWLLLL