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Q: Has anyone had any bad experiences with the migraine drug Maxalt?
I was prescribed this yesterday and did a little research on the side effects. Some include cardiovascular effects which sound scary. I was just wondering if anyone has had these effects, to compare with the clinical study, and if so, the severity and frequency.
A: I have been on Maxalt for 3 yrs for migranes and I have not had any side effects. At times it felt like I could not live without it! I guess you will just need to weigh the benefits to the potential (and rare) risks. Good luck!
Q: has anyone else taken maxalt mlt and when into anaphylactic shock?
after 3 days on it i went in to anaphylactic shock my tongue swelled up 3 times its normal size and was going in and out of my mouth then my tongue locked to the roof of my mouth convulsions fever neck stiffness and my white cell count was 25.i was in the ccu unit of the hospital 3 or 4 days. now i carry around a epi pen. this happened about 6 months ago.just wondering was it just me or is this drug dangerous. The doctor told me when he gave it to me that it had no side effect only ones reported was in people that had high blood pressure. boy was he wrong.
A: If it was that dangerous to most people, it would be off the market.
Unfortunately, you developed an allergy to it.
Any patient can be allergic to any med they haven’t taken before. Fortunately, serious reactions are rare. That doesn’t help if you were the unfortunate one.
Good luck.
Q: Anyone taken Topamax for migraine relief? Positive or negative experience with it?
I have migraines every 7 to 10 days, and I am losing so much of my life to this. I’ve tried a lot of drugs that you take as soon as one appears (Imitrex, Maxalt, Midrin, etc.), but I still get sick, so I wanted a preventative drug. I’ve done some reading, and I am really on the fence. If I take it once or twice and have side effects, can I stop, and the side effects stop too? I have heard lots of positive reactions from people, but I just cannot decide. Can you PLEASE give me any thoughts, advice, personal experiences/knowledge on the subject? Thanks!!
A: Well, I was at 75 mg per day (3 25 mg tablets), and it definitely DID work for my headaches. I was having daily headaches (severe, sometimes migraines).
However, the side effects outweighed the pain for me and I quit taking it. I was constantly in a fog. My husband would talk to me about something and ten minutes later I couldn’t remember the conversation. I had blackouts all the time, I just would be missing huge chunks of time!
I also had blurred vision when I was on the pill, and so did my mom who was also taking it, and several people at her work who took it. Almost like you need glasses on to see far away. My speech started slurring when I went up to 100 mg (I was still having headaches), and I had to go back down. The sad thing is I didn’t even notice it, my mom had to ask me if I was drunk. My limbs would go cold and stay that way all day. It decreased the blood flow to my body so badly.
It does help you lose weight as well, but I wouldn’t let that be the primary reason to take it. If you are already underweight you will have real problems with that. It completely takes away all appetite. I was also VERY moody on this med. I would swing from perfectly peachy to PISSED OFF in two seconds flat!! It was scary. Not to mention you can’t just quit taking it, you have to step it down every few days or you will suffer major withdrawal symptoms. I tried to just quit because the blackouts were scaring me (I have a three year old), and I started shaking really hard and having cold sweats and slurred speech.
I forgot, after a few months at 75 mg, I started losing my hair in CHUNKS…. Very scary to start going bald at 23!
Try Zebutal for the occasional migraine. Gets rid of the headache, little to no side effects! That’s what I take!
Q: Migraine RX Help???
I get Migraines at lease 2 times a week and i pop excedrine migraine all the time when they first start to kick in to try and stop them and when they get really bad i take imatrex or maxalt. They both work wonders but they are SOOO expensive… Anyone know of a good generic drug i can get. I have insurance but even with that they run me about $19 a pill and that starts to add up in a month…
K i went to the doc and just forund out that there is now a generic for imatrex it is called treximet. They just released the pattent on imatrex… Yaaa im so excited
A: I took Topamax for a long time, it ran $50/month with insurance (for 60 pills). Another good thing is it will make you lose weight..
Q: persistent migraine please help?
for 4 weeks I have had this migraine at its peak i was in my room for 10 days the meds made it just this side of bearable. at one point i was about to give up. I have taken maxalt daily for 3 weeks of it. I have migraines with aura i have had 3 MRI’s and am awaiting a MRA to look for an aneurysm the MRI was clear but its just in case. I have increasing lesions in the white matter of my brain the last 2 MRI’s were only months apart I have a copy of it as well. neuro says it may just be the physical presence of the migraines. I take amatryptilene verapimil and maxalt 20mg at day for the maxalt. right now i can atleast leave my room i even tried to drive to drill (army) and ended up in the ER my aura went crazy i couldn’t see. I dropped my classes for this term because at the height of the other symptoms I could not hold on to anything without dropping it or even type. I was so numb all over even my teeth i thought I was going crazy or still am can anybody help me. I have had a high dosage of steroids that didn’t work as well as a drug cocktail at the ER it helped but nothing has fully broken it.
oh hey thanx for the sarcasm a$$hole. I hope karma slams your head in a wall. this is a response to one person thank you to all that can really help
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Q: Would an MRI scan of the brain without contrast definitely show a tumor (or any other brain condition)?
Hi there
For almost two years now I have been getting really bad headaches. In the last year, they’ve worsened and also been associated with dizziness, twitching of the limbs, nausea, fatigue, weakness, stiff neck, top of spine pain etc, etc.
I had an MRI scan without contrast last July but nothing showed up, so I have been treated for migraine. At first, they put me on Propanolol and Maxalt Melt wafers, but that didn’t work, so I’ve now been put on Nortriptilyne in 10mg. I was told that this drug is in fact an anti-depressant but prevents migraines on low dosage. I have been taking this for four months now and it has made no difference. Furthermore, I fear that I am now addicted to the drugs. Being 17 years old and living not only in constant pain, but now also addicted to anti-depressants is not much fun! I just want to know what is wrong me and wondered if I should ask for another MRI but with contrast this time?
Please help me if you can, I’m really struggling withthis and completely running out of options!
A: Its possible that a MRI with contrast would find something missed on a routine MRI. The problem is that there are different contrast agents for different circumstance and there is no way to know which agent is the best one to use without knowing what type of problem to look for. Consequently, a contrast MRI may offer just a slight advantage, but even a slight increase in resolution could be helpful.
If the drugs you are taking aren’t working, let your doc know. There is no point in taking drugs that don’t work and there are many alternative drugs and treatment approaches (for migraines) that might be worth trying. You would have to taper off the Nortriptyline to do it safely.
Do you live next to a golf course or in an area where there might be a lot of pesticide use?
Q: Been on Topamax for a month now, and take Imitrix, for immediate relief which helps but itch so bad, but?
love Maxalt works great, but, my insurance won’t cover it, even the dr. tried to get it approved and they said take Imitrix. It helps, not like the Maxalt, but, I itch to death, is there any other drugs like these till my daily migraines get under control with the Topamax? I just started taking 100 mg.s a day, of Topamax, and I’m one in a million it makes me feel like I’m speeding, and nervous, which my neurologist says will go away eventually, which I can’t eat, which is a plus, but, I hate the jittery feeling. I was in this cycle of migraines and rebound headaches which it was 24/7, and now that they finally got me off the narcotics, and on Imitrix, I finally know when a Migraine is coming on with the Aura, I get a smell, which is good that I know it’s coming, but, hate knowing it’s coming cause I’m going to itch, and wasn’t sure it was the imitrix, but, I’m still having the migraines almost everday, and now know it is, havn’t called my dr. yet, are there any other meds that work?
A: There’s a relatively new drug out there called Relpax and it’s similar to Imitrex. Ask your doctor if you’ll be able to use the Maxalt now that you’ve tried the Imitrex, though. Sometimes an insurance company wants you to do what they call “step therapy”. Basically, that means they want you to use one thing before they’ll agree to pay for the original drug that your doctor prescribed. Otherwise, you could ask to try Relpax.
Q: Do doctors get kickbacks or benefits for putting a patient on certain drugs?
Especially new drugs? I saw my husband’s doctor a couple times–since mine was unavailable. I had a migraine the day I was in and she gave me some samples of Maxalt. We didn’t do any kind of migraine work up, nothing, she just took my word for it (but it was a migraine) and gave me the samples. The worked okay–not fantastic, but okay (left me with some strange jaw pain temporarily). I called back today and asked if there might be something else I could get a prescription for, something that might have a generic version because even with a co-pay, money is tight. The nurse told me that the doctor thinks Maxalt is the only thing that will work for me and directed me to their website to print out some coupons. I can’t help but be a little miffed–how does she know Maxalt is the only one that will work when we never discussed the causes or triggers or anything else about the migraines? I’ll take the Rx she wrote for me this time, as the coupon will make it free (for me anyway). But what else is there out there that works for migraine pain and other symptoms?
Hey, I do have some phenergan. I totally forgot about that. I got it for motion sickness but never thought to take it for migraine nausea. Thank you!
A: some of the drug companies offer bonuses, like dinners, trips to the doctors. it is up to the doctor to refuse these. free samples are left at the doctors to distribute. it worked well for you since you did not have to pay. try your own doctor again next time
Q: Critique – Migrain poetry? Please critique or edit?
Migraines (Joined Cinquains)
by Victoria Tarrani
(© 97.07.23)
Headache
throbbing, aching
consumed by need to sleep
busy thoughts stealing the moments
migraine
noises
exploding stars
shattering the silence
each sound a pain behind my eyes
blasting
drugged up
needing relief
losing my grasp on self
reality holds only pain
closed eyes
nausea
can’t sleep, can’t eat
can’t breathe without the pain
ice cold packs on my eyes and neck
drifting
Maxalt,
white magic slides
down my parched throat – swallow
the melted elixir.
pain free.
A little over 10 years ago I began having migraines — and sometimes I go for a long time without any — that is when I fill the Rx and store it for the future when I have clusters.
Thank you for seeing what a migrain is.
Tori
I love Gideon’s switch and agree with Todd. Headache does not begin to describe the pain, and it is a weak beginning. So many migraines begin with a small headache behind the eyes, a niggling sense of pain, and then they erupt into full blown migraines — from rainfall to hurricane.
Bob, you have a great idea. What a migraine does is strip you of time and energy — of living. I don’t know how I can relate it to the loss of someone — when my dad died, I didn’t have a migraine, I only had deep sorrow that I couldn’t understand, and had no idea how long it would last.
Imitrex, another migraine medication, gave me angina — so my doctor and I set up an appointment with a cardiologist. I went on Monday, and learned that I’d had a heart attack on Sunday — I knew it started at about 4 AM because that pain is unbearable. So, you have to be careful what you take with a migraine — I wish they had a cure for them. Neoman, may you never experience one of these yourself.
Thanks!
Kevin – excellent instructions. Different from what I’ve learned as far as syllable count (2-4-6-8-2), but there may be updated changes that I am unaware of.
It won’t be this poem, but I’ll definitely write another following your rules — which, from your credits, I have no doubt are current and accurate. Thanks so much for your input…and challenge. T.
Switching S1 with S2 makes a powerful statement. Thank you!
Thanks for updating your information, Kevin. I’ll accept the challenge and work on all 3 types.
Evadne Terra – you see with clear eyes when I write in metaphors and when I do not – amazingly astute.
I am empathetic, for Trekkies, I’m a Betazed. I write about things I do not experience as if I have. Insomnia and migraines are mine though.
I truly appreciate your responses. They are locked into my mind so that I can return to them again — just in case YA deletes my questions.
A: Definitely not metaphors for life. My dear, I can only offer my deepest sympathy at your suffering. I have never personally endured a miagraine, but I lived with someone who did on a regular basis. I recognize all to well the symptoms described in your viscerally gripping poem.
On a poetic note, this joined cinquain style suits you very well, you always manage to create a new from the old.
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