Posted by glenn on June 11, 1999 at 18:18:20:
My wife is going through CH's now, and I have a couple of questions... 1. Is it normal to have a CH for 12-24 hours without a break? She has had MRI's, MRA's, CT's. and other tests, and nothing else shows. She has been having this cluster for coming up on 3 months. She was hospitalized 3 times for about 10 days each, and the only thing that knocks them out sometimes is and IV push of 100 mg of Demerol. Sometimes, that doesn't even work.
2. What are the signs, if any that the cluster is about to end? For the last few days, she has been able to sleep more than usual, sometimes 5-7 hours at night before waking in pain. The time between Demerol shots is also going up from 4 hours to sometimes 5-6 hours. Is this a sign it might be ending?
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