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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 385412" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>be SURE to call your cardiologist about the celebrex. Jessie has some to take for period pain, but it doesn't work well for her. I took it years ago for fibro and it did NOTHING for my migraines, not even when I was at the highest allowable dose. Is there some reason the doctor doesn't want to work through the triptans instead? Do they have you on a preventative? If you have more than 3 migraines a month you should be on a preventative. My docs (ALL of them) and Jessie's docs (not just her current neuro who is our state's pediatrician migraine doctor, but even her pediatrician) have all said that for years now. There are a LOT of different types of preventatives, starting with the very cheap beta blockers which can be as low as the $4 rx lists or lower (the last one I took was $1.50 per month) and have been available a LOT longer than celebrex and have much safer and milder side effect profiles than celebrex has. </p><p> </p><p>NO WAY would I take celebrex for migraines. It simply isn't designed for them and has a LOT of risks. These risks are NOT bad if it is taken occasionally. If it has to be taken daily it should be for very short periods of time. None of my docs would rx it for as long as a month. I asked them after Jess was given the prescription because I just wasn't sure I was comfortable with it. Even my rheumatologist said he wouldn't rx it for more than a week a few times a year. He was NOT against rxing medications to control pain. He felt that celebrex had too many problems for the results it gave for even short term use.</p><p> </p><p>Ask the docs to give you a preventative. If you cannot take triptans ask about midrin (can only be taken for 3 days a week because otherwise it will give rebound headaches), a muscle relaxer, or vicodin. Fioricet/fiorinal used be given for migraines, as did a medication called norgesic forte. It is orphenadrine and tylenol I think. Not sure about it, just know that the headache doctor gave Jess an rx for it. She took it twice and threw it up both times. But it was for her migraines. Not sure if the medication made her get sick or the headache though. </p><p> </p><p>IF the doctor suggests treximet, ask him for an imitrex prescription and take it with 2 aleve. Treximet is imitrex plus naproxen sodium. If beta blockers don't work to control it, calcium channel blockers, anti seizure medications like depakote and topamax work, and there are other classes of medications that also work. </p><p> </p><p>Celebrex for someone with a very premature heart attack like you seems like a VERY risky medication choice. </p><p> </p><p>FWIW, if imitrex doesn't work completely ask the doctor to give you .25 mg of xanax to take with it and aleve. Xanax makes the imitrex work better, and so does aleve. Taken occasionally for migraine relief the addiction risk is very low. I took them together for about 5 years with no withdrawal, or addiction symptoms. I only stopped because I had a lot of medications and there were just too many of them that made us targets for a few specific people to try to rob.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 385412, member: 1233"] be SURE to call your cardiologist about the celebrex. Jessie has some to take for period pain, but it doesn't work well for her. I took it years ago for fibro and it did NOTHING for my migraines, not even when I was at the highest allowable dose. Is there some reason the doctor doesn't want to work through the triptans instead? Do they have you on a preventative? If you have more than 3 migraines a month you should be on a preventative. My docs (ALL of them) and Jessie's docs (not just her current neuro who is our state's pediatrician migraine doctor, but even her pediatrician) have all said that for years now. There are a LOT of different types of preventatives, starting with the very cheap beta blockers which can be as low as the $4 rx lists or lower (the last one I took was $1.50 per month) and have been available a LOT longer than celebrex and have much safer and milder side effect profiles than celebrex has. NO WAY would I take celebrex for migraines. It simply isn't designed for them and has a LOT of risks. These risks are NOT bad if it is taken occasionally. If it has to be taken daily it should be for very short periods of time. None of my docs would rx it for as long as a month. I asked them after Jess was given the prescription because I just wasn't sure I was comfortable with it. Even my rheumatologist said he wouldn't rx it for more than a week a few times a year. He was NOT against rxing medications to control pain. He felt that celebrex had too many problems for the results it gave for even short term use. Ask the docs to give you a preventative. If you cannot take triptans ask about midrin (can only be taken for 3 days a week because otherwise it will give rebound headaches), a muscle relaxer, or vicodin. Fioricet/fiorinal used be given for migraines, as did a medication called norgesic forte. It is orphenadrine and tylenol I think. Not sure about it, just know that the headache doctor gave Jess an rx for it. She took it twice and threw it up both times. But it was for her migraines. Not sure if the medication made her get sick or the headache though. IF the doctor suggests treximet, ask him for an imitrex prescription and take it with 2 aleve. Treximet is imitrex plus naproxen sodium. If beta blockers don't work to control it, calcium channel blockers, anti seizure medications like depakote and topamax work, and there are other classes of medications that also work. Celebrex for someone with a very premature heart attack like you seems like a VERY risky medication choice. FWIW, if imitrex doesn't work completely ask the doctor to give you .25 mg of xanax to take with it and aleve. Xanax makes the imitrex work better, and so does aleve. Taken occasionally for migraine relief the addiction risk is very low. I took them together for about 5 years with no withdrawal, or addiction symptoms. I only stopped because I had a lot of medications and there were just too many of them that made us targets for a few specific people to try to rob. [/QUOTE]
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