I have very severe migraines. Right now I am prescribed fiorinal with codeine...Plz help!?
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First of all i want to say i feel for you-i know how painful and debilitating migraines are as i have been suffering with them for yrs--the very first thing i was ever prescribed was fiorinal with codeine and half the time it didnt work but it also can give us rebound headaches alot of times-
I now take a drug called Maxalt and they have it in pills that you swallow and also ones that you put under your tongue and they dissolve and if i feel a migraine coming on i take it asap and the migraine goes away within 30 minutes or so -i have only had to take 2 a couple of times and that when i had the extra severe ones where i actually had vomiting instead of just nausea.
Also i have tried all the natural cures they say helps prevent them and the thing i have found that works for me is taking magnesium everyday-of course it dont work immediately but after i had been taking it awhile my migraines are less frequent...Reserach shows that many people that get migraines have a magnesium defieciency and that is why taking may help.
The Maxalt is good becasue there are no side effects like drowsiness--but if you dont have prescription coverage it is very expensive to pay for about 110.00 for 9 pills the pills come pre packaged so you can carry one easy in your pocket or purse.
Yes you should be talking to your doctor. There are alot of different meds for these. My sister gives herself shots for these all the time. Since you are being treated already your Doctor knows that they are bad. So please talk with you r doc and get the meds you need to function.
There's a new development in migraine theory:
http://www.neurologyreviews.com/feb04/nr...
There is no medicine totreat any pain. Hence there is no med for migraine, head ache, RA and all sorts of pains. Acupuncture is the best treatment for all pains. But doctors never tell to patients as a part of business.
Pl follow acupuncture and avoid problems of side effects of drugs.
Headaches can be caused by minor problems
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OMG I totally understand.I once had a migraine for nearly 3 months and missed sooo much school & lost ALOT of weight cuz I was so sick! I totally get it!!
Ok, so anyway, when you're in a massive migraine episode, if you CANNOT get it to go away with meds...ets, you may need to get a cortisone injection...they hurt a bit but they work WONDERS! You will feel the wave of joyful, blissful painlessness quite quickly; however you will have to go to the ER to get it.
As for the everyday-type migraines, I've tried EVERY SINGLE 'Triptan med out there, some did nothing, others made it worse! Zomig helped for a while, but then the dosage would need to be increased until it was just no use anymore. I finally got so fed up that I resorted to ibuprofin. Horrid (and dangerous) and it is, I treat a migraine with a high dose of caffeine (in the form of steaming hot coffee), a nap in a pitch-black room and 2000mg of ibuprofin. yeah, that's a crapload of pills and my DR threw a major fit about me destroying my liver early in live & all that.
I'm not trying to OD on motrin, but when you got a migraine, you'll do just about ANYTHING to get it gone...am I right? ;)
Sorry, I probably didn't help you out at all, but maybe I did. Hope you get your migraines controlled better than I do. Good luck! ;)
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