ALMOTRIPTAN vs SUMATRIPTAN

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

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I’m currently experiencing this rn and I’m working from home and I want the pain to end

Like many of you, I suffer from migraines on a regular basis. First it was once a month, then twice a month. This year it was 2-3 times a week and seriously affected my ability to work and spend time with my kids/family. It landed me in the ER twice due to severe vomiting and dehydration. (the ER it

I have chronic migraines along with my epilepsy. I was having around 20 migraines a month but on Emgality they've gone down a lot and the severity is so much more manageable. For the last 4ish years, if I had a horrible migraine attack I'd take my Sumatriptan with some benedryl and it'd usually kil

Hello Im new to the whole epilepsy thing (kinda).(SORRY IF THIS IS LONG) I had seizures from 10wks -2 y/o. Then didnt have another seizure til college (19), was told it could be a fluke, sleep dep. and stress. I went on medication for 2 years and was taken off of it fine for 6 more years. I was comp

I get migraines/headaches. I have 2 kinda similar genres of headache. One is pretty much the same as pre-epilepsy. It's got a distinct stabbing sensation in the side of my head, I can usually stop it or dull it with over-the-counter analgesics (particularly Advil 2). The other one started appearing