Hi everyone, I suffer from severe migraines, generally one, sometimes two times a month. It may happen during my period or ovulation. I tried not to take any medication for sometime as I am trying to conceive. However, when the situation got worse and migraine pains actually makes conceiving almost impossible as I cannot be sexually active, the DR together with a neurologist prescribed Zomig. It works for my migraine. But my question is 'is there anyone out there who managed to conceive while taking medication like Zomig? I feel guilty while taking the pill thinking that I prevent any pregnancy. I will be grateful if you could help me urgently becouse I am going crazy. My dr assured me that Zomig will not decrease the chance of pregnancy. Grateful for your answer. Best wishes, Banu
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Hi Banu,
No, taking Zomig will not decrease your chances of becoming pregnant. Only birth control can do that.
But this comes from the manufacturer listing miscarriage under adverse effects with a frequency of "rare".
Zolmitriptan is a class C drug. This means that animal studies have shown evidence of death of the embryo, and fetal abnormalities. Additional animal studies have also proved maternal toxicity at high doses. There are no clinical trials on humans, just animals. Zomig should be used only during pregnancy if the potential benefit justifies the potential risk to the fetus.
You may want to have your doctors working together to help you with this - your OB/GYN and neurologist. The thing is if you get three or more Migraines a month, it is time to talk to your doctor about prevention. There's growing evidence that Migraine is a progressive brain disease. A recent study showed that Migraines can cause brain damage, and that people with three or more Migraines a month are more susceptible to this damage. For more information, see Is Migraine a Progressive Brain Disease? and Yes, Migraines Can Cause Brain Damage.
I hope this helps,
Nancy
Keep us posted on you, ok?
Hi,
Sorry for bothering you again. I have one more issue related to my migraine problem and I was wondering if posting this online could help. However, given that you seem to be the right person to ask, perhaps you could help me in deciding what to do.
As I mentioned above, I am on a short term (zomig) and long term (bio feedback) treament for migraine. However, it is becoming more and more obvious that as my migraines coincides always with the ovulation period (two times at the beginning and at the end), sometimes also during my mensturations, there is a link between migraine attacks and my infertility problem.
The blood test shows that during my migraine attacks, my prolactine levels are so high that pregnancy does not occur.
Do you happen to have any suggestion for this? Or do you know anyone who could help me? For instance, these questions come to my mind:
1. It is not very clear to me or to doctors whether prolactine causes migraine or migraine increases the level of prolactine?
2. if it is the first case, then decreasing prolactine could help me get rid of my migraines? If yes, what is the way?
3. I understand that any drug stimulating dopamine decreases prolactine, what would be the side effect of such a treatment?
4. When I take zomig let's say, does that also work on my prolactine levels? in other words, does zomig help me reduce the prolactine or it is indifferent to prolactine levels? What I would like to know with that is if a medication like zomig just surprasses the migraine or body still goes through the stress increase without me feeling it?
5. Or for instance is there anybody out there who more or less have my symptoms and severity of migraines and still manage to get pregnant and I should simply wait and see?
Sorry I know these are very complicated questions to answer. However, I need some urgent answers to decide on my life. I feel bad towards my husband and wondering what is the best thing to do. Many thanks for sending me your suggestions. You may wish to send me the contact of an expert if you think that will be useful.
Most grateful for your support
Best regards,
Banu
Hi Banu,
I wish I could answer these questions, but they're beyond what we handle in this question and answer section. The best thing is to discuss these questions with your doctor.
Call your doctor, talk with him then let us know how you are, ok?
Nancy
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Thank you so much for your kind attention. I am grateful for this answer and feel much better. I am advised to start a biofeedback therapy as off this week by my Dr. I really hope that this will help. Many many thanks again. Best wishes, Banu