There are over 36 million American Migraineurs suffering day in and day out with Migraine and headache pain. Dr. Lawrence Newman, director of the Headache Institute at the Roosevelt Hospital in New York City, recently discussed some of the reasons he feels Migraine treatments fail and ...
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Kelly
Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 09:32 AMre: Untitled Comment
Nancy Bonk
Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 08:18 PMThanks for your comment Kelly. Each person responds to medication differently. Dosing recommendations are just that - recommendations researchers found that worked in the clinicial trials for that particular drug.
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Thanks, Nancy, for this post.
I wanted to comment on Dr. Newman's recommendation that Migraine medication be prescribed at their highest doses for maximum effect (with the exception of difficulty with side effects.)
I have found, not only with Migraine preventative medication, but also with other medications I take such as ones for anxiety, that my body does better with lower doses. At a lower dose, my body has found its sweet spot, where at a higher dose, my body does not respond in the same way.
My system is highly sensitive, and so perhaps this is why it responds better to small doses. But, I am glad my specialists recognized that it is a possibility that lower doses (even lower than typically prescribed) can give some people relief.