Saturday, February 11, 2012

1st abortive received -- advice on how to take needed

yesterday was headache doctor visit. in the past month, i had only 5 migraines, yay!!! he upped the topamax, said i should continue taking the zanaflex when i need it. i told him how work is not so supportive when i need to take off work b/c i have a headache and he wrote a script for an abortive called Axert, which i understand is a triptan. he said it may not make me as sleepy as the zanaflex, which is not a true abortive. so i filled the axert ($50!) and have not yet had to take it.

 

i'm glad to have it. i'm supposed to take it at the first sign of migraine. does that mean i take it when i'm prodromey, or when i get the first pain? what if i can't tell if it's going to be a migraine or just a really bad headache? sometimes i can't tell and i don't always get the aura first. it seems like the headaches are random.

 

think i'll post in the forum too to see what anyone has to say.

12/19/07 9:02pm

to be one of the biggest questions, for me as well. If you can tell that are experiencing prodrome, that would be a good time to take your Axert. By the time you get to the headache phase, it may be too late to abort. But I always try!

 

Did that help??

12/19/07 9:47pm
that helped a lot, thanks nancy. i feel like such a newbie to this, but i've been migraining for 22 years...
12/20/07 10:29pm
I take zomig, which is also aa triptan.  Most of the time I get the "aura" but there are the exceptions when I don't.  I have found if I'm a little late in taking it (I realize late that indeed it's a migraine) I take it anyways, and it may be slow in taking effect, but it kicks in.  Better late than never!  Hope this helps!

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