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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 297357" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Prozac is just an easier way to spell the medication. I do get the generic at Walmart - the 3 mos for $10. My ins charges $20 for 3 months of it so I just ask them not to use the insurance.</p><p></p><p>I do take prilosec - again the walmart generic. My ins refuses to cover anything that can be purchased OTC. They would charge me the rate for the brand name and not pay anything on it.</p><p></p><p>I have tried topomax. It was OK but the help didn't last for long.</p><p></p><p>I take lyrica and it works for hte migraines. Prozac actually helps keep migraines under control. Lyrica also helps with being able to walk. My feet used to feel like I was walking on shredded glass, or like the lyrica ads that show you walking on hot coals or a cactus. It is horrible and if I miss the lyrica or get sick and cannot keep it down then I have the glass feeling back - and I risk seizures because stopping an antiseizure medication cold turkey can do that even if you don't have epilepsy. It is also what happened to me in September last year. I got a 2day migraine and kept getting sick when I took medications. Then I had a 2 day long seizure. Or series of small seizures, but it was medication related (and my new pain doctor knows this happens.) They trialed me on keppra but it made it impossible to get the right word out. I could write a word but not say it. Lots of fun for the kids (rascals!) but drove me out of my mind. Jessie takes it though so the rx did not go to waste.</p><p></p><p>I did not have much luck with relpax. it is not a preferred medication because it is not as effective as imitrex and you have to take more of it.</p><p></p><p>I have trialed every one of the newer migraine medications and always end up back at imitrex. Since it is now generic I don't mind paying for it nearly as much. Most migraine medications my insurance will pay for 9 tabs a month or 27 for 3 months. With imitrex I get 18 per month and 54 per 3 months. I also get the 100 mg size and cut it in half so that when the migraines are daily I can keep treating them. using 100 mgs of it all at once does not seem to help any more than 50 mgs does, so that is good.</p><p></p><p>They don't want me on the weekly prozac bc the time release factor would mean not taking any migraine medications like imitrex or relpax. It has some strange interaction and can cause death, which is a side effect I would liek to avoid since I am pretty sure I am not Betsy, Queen of the vampires (from the Mary Janice Davidson books!).</p><p></p><p>I appreciate al the suggestion though. I will also ask my doctor if trialing some things a second time would have any merit.</p><p></p><p>Thank you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 297357, member: 1233"] Prozac is just an easier way to spell the medication. I do get the generic at Walmart - the 3 mos for $10. My ins charges $20 for 3 months of it so I just ask them not to use the insurance. I do take prilosec - again the walmart generic. My ins refuses to cover anything that can be purchased OTC. They would charge me the rate for the brand name and not pay anything on it. I have tried topomax. It was OK but the help didn't last for long. I take lyrica and it works for hte migraines. Prozac actually helps keep migraines under control. Lyrica also helps with being able to walk. My feet used to feel like I was walking on shredded glass, or like the lyrica ads that show you walking on hot coals or a cactus. It is horrible and if I miss the lyrica or get sick and cannot keep it down then I have the glass feeling back - and I risk seizures because stopping an antiseizure medication cold turkey can do that even if you don't have epilepsy. It is also what happened to me in September last year. I got a 2day migraine and kept getting sick when I took medications. Then I had a 2 day long seizure. Or series of small seizures, but it was medication related (and my new pain doctor knows this happens.) They trialed me on keppra but it made it impossible to get the right word out. I could write a word but not say it. Lots of fun for the kids (rascals!) but drove me out of my mind. Jessie takes it though so the rx did not go to waste. I did not have much luck with relpax. it is not a preferred medication because it is not as effective as imitrex and you have to take more of it. I have trialed every one of the newer migraine medications and always end up back at imitrex. Since it is now generic I don't mind paying for it nearly as much. Most migraine medications my insurance will pay for 9 tabs a month or 27 for 3 months. With imitrex I get 18 per month and 54 per 3 months. I also get the 100 mg size and cut it in half so that when the migraines are daily I can keep treating them. using 100 mgs of it all at once does not seem to help any more than 50 mgs does, so that is good. They don't want me on the weekly prozac bc the time release factor would mean not taking any migraine medications like imitrex or relpax. It has some strange interaction and can cause death, which is a side effect I would liek to avoid since I am pretty sure I am not Betsy, Queen of the vampires (from the Mary Janice Davidson books!). I appreciate al the suggestion though. I will also ask my doctor if trialing some things a second time would have any merit. Thank you. [/QUOTE]
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