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I have read several articles recently about the research being done for migraine relief. One such article mentioned the use of lidocaine in a nasal spray. From what I gather, it is still in the experimental stage, but it looks promising. Anyone else know about this?
Moonbeam, I know much more than I ever wanted to know regarding migraines and their treatment being that I have suffered with this chronic debilitating condition for over 10 years. The use of Lidocaine nasal spray is not new as it was first prescribed to me in late 1996. Any pharmacy that does medication compounding can dispense it to you. Do you have a PM doctor to write the prescription for you? As far as it's effectiveness I can only share my experience (which may not be the same for you or others). It did provide some decrease in the throbbing pain/sensation but did nothing as far as aborting the headache thus the intense pain/throbbing returned after about 20-30 minutes.
This would, however, help when used in combination with other abortive meds being that it would provide some relief(not total) until the actual abortive meds(taken by mouth) start to take effect. It does cause your nose to be very stuffy and numb along with some burning and unpleasant taste. Give it a try as it can't hurt and may help to provide some temporary much needed relief and other than the things I listed above there are no other side effects. Best of luck to you and if I can be of any help( as I have tried probably every medication available for migraines) feel free to PM me.
I had never heard of this treatment for migraines, and what I read seemed to me that it was still experimental. If it helps, why don't doctors try this more often with their patients? It would seem that it would be safer than even Zomig or Imitrex, or even used in combination with these other treatments.
I've suffered from migraines since I was about 12 years old (I'm 49 now), and have tried everything that has been given to me, including biofeedback and acupuncture with little or no help. When I'm in a crisis, I'm even too sick to go to the ER and I ususally suffer at home, in the dark, with a cold rag to my head, inhaling imitrex and vomiting. I've had countless MRI's, EEG's, CAT's, and the numerous other ABC's of tests for these headaches. I'll have to ask my doctor about this one.
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