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Posted by CrazyCO on February 18, 2005, at 23:31:39
does anyone know if there is any reason you can't take these two drugs together, they both were originally antiepileptics, and I take Lamictal any Cymbalta currently, but I have terrible migraines and have been considering trying topamax to help prevent them. Any info anyone could give me would be greatly appreciated
Posted by up'n'down on February 19, 2005, at 2:57:42
In reply to Topamax Lamictal Question, posted by CrazyCO on February 18, 2005, at 23:31:39
> does anyone know if there is any reason you can't take these two drugs together, they both were originally antiepileptics, and I take Lamictal any Cymbalta currently, but I have terrible migraines and have been considering trying topamax to help prevent them. Any info anyone could give me would be greatly appreciated
I don't know about Lamictal and Topamax, but my pdoc and I have been discussing Topamax and Depakote, which is also an antiseizure med. That literature says it is okay to take them together, but I don't remember the other ones mentioned. I look up med info through Medline-it gives good info and is not written by the drup companies to my knowledge.
I, too, am a migraine sufferer, and have been having a lot lately. Now I'm having trouble with my meds because we increased one and I am having unwanted effects from it. What are you taking for MIgraine prophylaxis and acute attacks?
I am on propranolol 10 mgs. 2times daily, Nortriptyline 10 mg one time daily and the Depakote, Effexor XR and Xanax help some, too.
Please keep in touch. U'D
Posted by CrazyCO on February 19, 2005, at 9:52:17
In reply to Hello, kindred migraine sufferer, posted by up'n'down on February 19, 2005, at 2:57:42
I take Zomig when I get a migraine, and I've never taken anything preventative but I have migraines about 2 to 3 times a month and they are lasting several days each so I feel like its time to try something to stop me from getting the darn things in the first place. The Zomig does work, it will knock it out in less than an hour, but usually within the next day it comes back and I have to take it again. I've had migraines for as long as I can remember but I have finally gotten tired or the pain and really want to get rid of them.
Posted by mags on February 19, 2005, at 11:21:19
In reply to Topamax Lamictal Question, posted by CrazyCO on February 18, 2005, at 23:31:39
> does anyone know if there is any reason you can't take these two drugs together, they both were originally antiepileptics, and I take Lamictal any Cymbalta currently, but I have terrible migraines and have been considering trying topamax to help prevent them. Any info anyone could give me would be greatly appreciated
Hi there, I have been taking both those meds together for over a year now.....with no problems
Lam 300 MG and Topomax 300. The Top has helped immensely with Migraines with headaches but lamictal gives me nagging low grade headaches! so they kinda counteract each other, nota as bad as a migraine tho. I am bi=polar and take for mood stabilility and depression...still working on it...I am not stable...I also take respiridon and just added Paxil CR to the mix...
Good Luck
Posted by up'n'down on February 19, 2005, at 23:29:00
In reply to Re: Hello, kindred migraine sufferer, posted by CrazyCO on February 19, 2005, at 9:52:17
> I take Zomig when I get a migraine, and I've never taken anything preventative but I have migraines about 2 to 3 times a month and they are lasting several days each so I feel like its time to try something to stop me from getting the darn things in the first place. The Zomig does work, it will knock it out in less than an hour, but usually within the next day it comes back and I have to take it again. I've had migraines for as long as I can remember but I have finally gotten tired or the pain and really want to get rid of them.
My Migraines have been lasting a lot longer than they had been, too. I have had them every since I was 9 years old. Interestingly, I seemed to be either depressed or energized after finishing the usual 24 hrs. of my headaches, as a child. It has made me wonder if there might be a link between migraines and Bi-polar disease. I do not have the vicious migs that I had as a child. They were on the edge of unbearable, but there was no other
option. I was on Verapamil, a calcium channel blocker, for quite a few years, and between that and Nardil, I hardly had any headaches. But when I had to change meds, I had to discontinue both of those good meds. I hope you obtain relief for your headaches-they sure make mincemeat of a regular life! U'D
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