DrugBuyers.Com: Neurologist??

Hi rla,

Imitrex and other triptan meds make you sick? Have you tried a bunch of them, in tablet and other forms? Neuros and other docs love to push that stuff. Other non-narcotic options would be ergotamine products, but they can cause an uncomfortable nausea, triptans have really replaced them.

A neuro will tell you that the opiates are a rescue med. By all means take them if whatever he gave you to take first didn't work.

The fact the triptans don't work for you *may* be a red flag in the neuros eyes, I would make it clear you are willing to try other non-narcotic meds...don't just try to get as many narcotics as possible from the guy upfront. Neuros see a lot of migraine sufferers- and this is not meant as an attack on anyone on this board, in fact I am a legitimate migraine sufferer- some of the people with migraines are faking it. You can not prove a person really does or doesn't have a migraine, the diagnosis of migraine is based on what the patient tells you, their medical history, family history, and ruling out other conditions. It is a very easy and fakeable (is that a word?) condition- unfortunately if you really do have migraines, it is extremely painful and it can be hard to be taken seriously. Just make it clear you are willing to try non-narcotic options and don't call the guy's emergency line late at nite to try to refill your narcotic rx's- that will help you avoid getting red-flagged. Neuros get scammed all the time, some of them are more compassionate than others after that happens early in their career. I'd recommend and older neurologist who has seen it all. You don't want a young doctor, eager to prove himself worthy of the other doctors' respect, who is still upset over the number of people trying to scam him.

So just make it very clear you are willing to try other options besides narcotics, you can avoid that red-flag. Some neuros are simply not compassionate, others are very compassionate. You'll have to play it by ear and possibly try a few others if the first one doesn't work out. Tell the guy a family member who also doesn't respond to triptans suggested DHE-45.

Depending on how often you get the migraines, he may went you to try a preventive med.

Also- we're not sure what causes migraines, they used to think it was related to blood vessel sizes in the brain, then fluctuations in serotonin, now they're still not sure. Just as we're not sure why people get migraines (there are just theories), we're still not sure about the lesions in the brain. So don't worry, let the neuro take care of you.

Anyway- good luck, just make it clear what has worked in the past, but also make it clear you are willing to try non-narcotic options, also mention how deep tissue massage has worked. If your neuro has an ounce of humanity, this will work.

-yawkaw