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Re: New Medications

Thanks for the info, I didn't know that zoloft was being used to
treat headaches. I've already tried the maxalt and did not respond to
it, but I'm glad that it helps you. Hopefully the meds I'm taking now
will improve my situation a bit. Take care and good to hear from you.

Mike

--- In chronicdailyheadache@yahoogroups.com, John Dyess <jcdyess@...>
wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I am Carolyn and have had chronic daily headache for many years. I
> have had good luck with norgesic forte. It has caffiene in it so
you
> can't take it too often because it might cause rebound but it
helps
> me if the headache isn't too bad. I took Topamax for a short while
> and it caused the tingling in hands and feet and I had to stop it.
I
> take Zoloft daily and use Maxalt for bad headaches.
> Carolyn
> On Apr 17, 2007, at 2:22 PM, photography_sage wrote:
>
> > I went to the doctor today and got new medications. He prescribed
> > topamax and norgesic, both to be taken bid (twice daily). I have
no
> > experience with either drug, but I'm hopeful they will help. I
also
> > talked to him about my experience with stadol and he said it was
> > dysphoria and not an allergic reaction. He also said if I ever
use the
> > medication again to limit it to 1 spray. Apparently, medication
> > that is
> > sprayed up the nose is absorbed into the blood stream much faster
than
> > medication that is injected im (intra-muscular). I'll be much more
> > cautious from now on. I'll let everyone know how my progress is
doing
> > in a few days. Take care.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> >
>
> John Dyess
> jcdyess@...
> 636.938.1200
>





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I went to the doctor today and got new medications. He prescribed topamax and norgesic, both to be taken bid (twice daily). I have no experience with either...
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Apr 17, 2007
7:23 pm

I personally tent to really suffer from the medications side effects terribly. Topamax worked well for me but having numb hand and feet became unbearable and...
David James
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Apr 17, 2007
11:42 pm

Norgesic is a muscle relaxer with some kind of anti-inflamitory component. I've never taken it, so I'll keep you posted. Do you have an abortive medication...
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Apr 18, 2007
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Hello, I am Carolyn and have had chronic daily headache for many years. I have had good luck with norgesic forte. It has caffiene in it so you can't take it...
John Dyess
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Apr 18, 2007
3:06 pm

Thanks for the info, I didn't know that zoloft was being used to treat headaches. I've already tried the maxalt and did not respond to it, but I'm glad that it...
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Apr 18, 2007
7:13 pm

Antidepressants haven't worked for me. I've been on several different one. The latest was cymbalta. But this gave me sleeping problems (I really don't need...
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