ALMOTRIPTAN vs ELETRIPTAN HYDROBROMIDE

I'm on mobile, so I'm going to try and make this quick. October 2018 son is diagnosed with asthma from a pulmonologist. Start him on asthmanex. Incredibly sick for next two months. Dr's are out of ideas. Perform multiple blood tests, x ray, ct scan. He's referred to ENT for chronic sinusitis, and ca

28F. Height 5’6. Weight 220lbs. No medications. Supplements: Bcomplex, magnesium citrate, coq10. Are there any medications for migraines that are safe while breastfeeding? I have chronic migraines and worked with a neurologist a few years ago to get them under control. I finally got to the point w

My 14 year old son has a left sided migraine (no aura) with light and sound sensitivity, severe fatigue, blurred vision, dizziness/vertigo, and pain. The attack doesn't stop - it's lasted months. His neurologist is also concerned since typical migraine treatments don't help. We tried 5 different tri

Hey everyone, I'm writing my PEBC MCQ and OSCE at the end of this month. While studying I've come up with a few things that I'm unsure of, for instance... On the MCQ portion, suppose they ask something to the effect of "What is the best choice of triptan in children?". While reviewing migraine I s

Hello! This is a bit long in the hopes that more information will help you help me; I would really appreciate any thoughts or suggestions. It's organized into four sections: 1) primary complaint, 2) duration, 3) my story, and 4) my general medical background and current medications. Primary Complain

Hi there! I am a 34 y/o male, smoker. For almost a week I've have a dull to sharp pain on the right side of my chest. The pain intensives when I inhale deeply, burp, bend over or use my right arm too quickly. It's worse today then it was when it started 5 days ago. It feels like it's more muscle pai

30 Female 5'6" 180lbs Caucasian Canada Current meds: effexor and almotriptan (as needed for frequent migraines) I had surgery a week ago to remove a 7x7mm kidney stone in my right uterer(basket and laser) and a stent was placed. The stent caused a lot of discomfort and pain, bloody urine the whole w

30F, 180 pounds, 5’4” Had an allergic reaction 2 weeks ago to an unknown source that resulted in facial, tongue, fingers and toe swelling. I was put on a 5 day course of prednisone the helped but when I finished the swelling in the fingers and toes returned along with joint pain and stiffness in arm

This is the longest I’ve gone without a migraine attack in over a decade. I feel like I’ve gotten my life back. For context: been dealing with migraines for close to 30 years, but they became chronic in December/January. I had previously been on Rizatriptan and Eletriptan, but started experiencing

Hey folks, Six weeks ago, I underwent "migraine surgery," by Dr. Day at the Pacific Sound Plastic Surgery. It was the most amazing thing that has ever happened to me, and I wanted to share my experience in case there are others like me out there. **My headaches** I'm 39M, and I've had a constant hea

On day 4 of a barometric pressure migraine, laying in bed still feeling like garbage after getting shots of Toradol and phenergan today.. and I just want to take my eletriptan😭

I (22f) went to the mayo clinic today in scottsdale to see a headache specialist neurologist and it was the WORST experience ever. For context, I’ve had average 22 migraines a month for the past 3 years. When they started in 2019, I would get average like 3 a month. They are debilitating, I’m on Qul

Fellow Migraineurs: I have chronic migraines. If I wasn't on emgality, I would have migraines every day. I have a migraine specialist neurologist, I'm a 30 year old woman and I have had my mri's done, as well as a CT scan. I realize that I have never actually met anyone else in my whole life who has

I see a lot of folks complaining about side effects here and want to share what I've learned. This is a long info-dump; feel free to skip around for parts that are most relevant to you, but DO NOT skip the following disclaimer: **Disclaimer**: I am not a doctor or medical practitioner. I'm just a ve

I’ve had chronic migraine for 6 months, been treating it with meds and lifestyle changes for 3 months. When I start to feel my headache progress, I’ll take a triptan (rizatriptan, eletriptan, or ubrelvy) but it’s so hard to say confidently if it does anything. Whether or not my migraine gets worse,