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Reviews for nortriptyline systemic to treat Migraine Prevention
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nortriptyline: I was going to the emergency room 3 times a week. They would give me a shot of Compazine and send me home. I would fall asleep, but when I woke up the headache would come back. These were the worst headaches I've ever had and nothing, even Imitrex wouldn't help. After I was on Nortriptyline for 3 days, my headaches became manageable with Excedrin. I now rarely have headaches. My Doctor has increased my dosage once.
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nortriptyline: I went to the hospital many times before because of migraine pain, so one day in one of my visits to the emergency room a doctor give me Nortriptyline to take at bedtime. Since that day I had two times migraine then I had one or two every month for short time. It works for me.
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Pamelor (nortriptyline): I had taken almost everything for migraines and came up with a combination of Topamax and Elavil. I work in intensive care and started having memory problems. I also started sleeping almost constantly. I scheduled an appointment with the neurologist at my hospital and started on nortriptyline. This is the first time I've had total control. I'm not sleepy and I have more of my old self back. It feels good not to have any pain.
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nortriptyline: I was in a bad car accident over a year ago, and had and STILL have terrible migraines after suffering a concussion. I will tell you now that out of all the steroid injections (16 in my neck, and base of my skull), physical therapy, different pain medications, nortriptyline has helped me the most. I still have headaches here and there, but it's not every day and I'm not calling out of work every other week. Since I have been on it, I haven't called out of work. I have about 2-3 headaches a week, but instead of rating the pain a 8,9,or 10 I'm now in a pain range of 3 or 4, sometimes 5. I may be taking this drug for the rest of my life, but it beats waking up in pain everyday.
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nortriptyline: Successfully reduced migraines from 1-2 a week to 1-2 a month. Discontinued for a year and migraines resumed, so I'm back on it for good. 60mg daily.
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