Re: Daily Medications for Migraines

[Guest guest]

Thank you for your reply. You have great memory of what you have tried and the

results you have seen. I have been trying a magnesium supplement but have not

had results like you describe. I'll have to look into the supplement that you

described.

Thanks again,

Anne

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> > Is there a daily medication you are taking to reduce your migraines that you

recommend? Any other recommendations to minimize migraines? ...

> >

> > Thank you in advance for all of your help.

> >

> > Anne

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> Hi Anne,

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> I developed headaches in my late 30s which, over the years, turned into

excruciating migraines in my mid-40s.

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> Sixth doctor I saw for migraines handed me a prescription for Imitrex (by

needle, only way it was available in the '90s) and told me to take 400 mg of

magnesium. I never needed another Imitrex prescription.

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> A member of Costco (then Priceclub), I bought a combo pill of Kirkland's

potassium (33 mg, 1/45th of RDA), and 1/3 the RDA of magnesium, calcium, Vitamin

D. The supplement instructions were to take 3 a day.

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> I took one combo pill with each meal and one month later, no more migraines.

Of course I still take magnesium, calcium and potassium and vitamin D.

>

> But, I took a break from all supplements for a couple years. Still, no

migraines.

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> Apparently, with regular usage of these essential electrolytes, build-up of

electrolytes takes place in the muscles. Continuing to take electrolytes causes

blood levels of essential nutrients to remain stable. When blood levels in

essential electrolytes dip, blood then seeks them, extracts them from muscles.

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> If anybody else had tried to suggest I take 400 mg of magnesium a day, I would

not have believed it could help my excruciating migraines.

>

> My doctor's advice to take 400 mg of magnesium included no promises. But the

results of following doctors' advice were, pain-wise, spectacular.

>

> Toni

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> http://www.cfalliance.org/

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[Guest guest]

You have an excellent point. I do worry about my liver with the prescriptions,

supplements and OTC medications that I take. I will look more into a detox for

the liver. The one I tried in the past did me more harm than good but there

must be more than one out there.

Thanks for taking the time to reply.

Anne

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> Migraine medication is very hard on your liver.  Have you ever considered a

gentle detox program.  All my early treatment for CSF/Fibro was alternative. I

have had migraines but certainly not as many as you are having.  The

naturopathic theory of migraines is much different than the medical one.  I was

told and I have come to believe that migraines are the body's attempt to throw

off toxins.  If I get a migraine it is time to slow down my detox program.

>

> Please be careful with what ever you do but taking migraine medication every

day to " prevent " migraines might not be the best course of action for anyone

with CFS.

>

> ann 

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> Subject: Daily Medications for Migraines

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> Hello Everyone -

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> I have been challenged by migraines for quite some time. I take Treximet as

needed. I usually get 3 - 4 a month that last about three days at a time. After

a recent one that was really bad that required me to see a different doctor,

this doctor recommended that I take a daily medication to reduce the frequency

and severity of the migraines. She prescribed Propanolol for me to take at

night. After six weeks of taking it, I'm not sure it's the right medication for

me.

>

[Guest guest]

You have an excellent point. I do worry about my liver with the prescriptions,

supplements and OTC medications that I take. I will look more into a detox for

the liver. The one I tried in the past did me more harm than good but there

must be more than one out there.

Thanks for taking the time to reply.

Anne

>

> Migraine medication is very hard on your liver.  Have you ever considered a

gentle detox program.  All my early treatment for CSF/Fibro was alternative. I

have had migraines but certainly not as many as you are having.  The

naturopathic theory of migraines is much different than the medical one.  I was

told and I have come to believe that migraines are the body's attempt to throw

off toxins.  If I get a migraine it is time to slow down my detox program.

>

> Please be careful with what ever you do but taking migraine medication every

day to " prevent " migraines might not be the best course of action for anyone

with CFS.

>

> ann 

>

>

> ________________________________

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> Subject: Daily Medications for Migraines

>  

> Hello Everyone -

>

> I have been challenged by migraines for quite some time. I take Treximet as

needed. I usually get 3 - 4 a month that last about three days at a time. After

a recent one that was really bad that required me to see a different doctor,

this doctor recommended that I take a daily medication to reduce the frequency

and severity of the migraines. She prescribed Propanolol for me to take at

night. After six weeks of taking it, I'm not sure it's the right medication for

me.

>