ALMOTRIPTAN vs NARATRIPTAN

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 my first post here, in fact my first post on reddit ever in many years of using it. I've decided to make this post as I have recently gotten back a good chunk of qualitly of life and felt its worth sharing, on the offchance it helps someone else to the same degree. **The Backstory:** I've re

Hi all, I just got out of my 4th or 5th appointment with my neurologist and she told me she's stumped and doesn't know what to do with me anymore. I'm so sad. I'm so angry. I'm only 20, trying to start my life. She said she'd talk to some of her colleagues and call me on tuesday but she looked hopel

I tend to experience more migraines during periods of high stress. I was talking about it with my therapist and we identified a pattern where I get immobilized by stress, then get a migraine because of a break in my routine. Then I really can’t do anything but lay in bed for days and wait until the

Tl;dr - I'm not good at tldr's but basically I tell a long story just to say I really appreciate the staff at the three letter pharmacy I go to lol I've had a migraine going on a week now, and I finally caved and called my doc because of new symptoms and the fact that my sumatriptan wasn't really al

My migraines started around 2000. They're usually mostly on one side (usually the left), and hurt like hell. They would sometimes get so bad that I would have nausea and, rarely, vomiting. They come with sensitivity to light, but no aura. Most of the time they start in the early morning. I wake up

Im so thankful for the wisdom and compassion here. I need the thoughts of you beautiful people!! Please share any ideas you have whether your own experience, medication ideas, what to tell my neuro, etc. I’ve had migraines since I was 12 but only diagnosed last year at age 24 with chronic migraine

So, over the past year or so, I have occasionally had edibles in the weekend (when others drank). Alcohol upsets my stomach and I almost always get a migraine (often already while still drinking my first glass!) Now I have noticed that those edibles (usually 5mg THC, sometimes with CBD, sometimes wi