Methylergonovine for Migraine User Reviews

• Lib...
• January 8, 2010

Methylergonovine "I've been suffering from migraines for about 10 years. I've tried Topamax, Zonegran, Savella, muscle relaxants, rescue drugs, and now Methergine. I finally feel like I have my life back. I've only had one migraine in 3 months, and that migraine wasn't too bad at all. It's wonderful. Methergine is supposed to be taken for a set period of time, then you need time off of it. In rare cases, it causes heart/lung problems. I had to have a chest X-ray and an echo before my migraine specialist would prescribe it. I wish migraine researchers would take another look at this drug and refine it to come up with new solutions without any possible side effects. For now, I have my life back, and I'm grateful to my migraine doctor - Traci Purath."

• KKR...
• February 1, 2015

Methylergonovine "I have been on disability for seven years due to daily migraines. I have tried every med on the market and then some. Been to Cleveland Clinic, Houston Headache Clinic, and now going to Michigan Headache Clinic. This is the first I have even heard of Methergine. I've been on it for 10 days and have felt tremendous relief. I am cautiously optimistic for the first time in a long time. Good luck. This disease is very, very difficult to endure. Keep trying. Also, try running cost through insurance for two weeks at a time, which somehow cut my cost from $650/month to $84/month on the AARP Medicare plan."

• gau...
• April 2, 2010

Methylergonovine "I have run the gamut of drugs for migraines also. This is the final med that we haven't tried. Finally, I haven't had a migraine since being on it-only on it for 4 weeks. I am being weaned from Topamax and am still on a host of other meds, but Topamax gave me serious side effects. I had daily migraines and have clusters in spring and fall. I feel great for the first time in years. I'm afraid of what is going to happen when I take my 'vacation' from the med in 6 months. Ginny"

• Anonymous
• December 7, 2010

Methylergonovine "Went on Methergine after being in the hospital and several years of changing preventive medicines, with migraines only getting worse and clustering longer. Once on the dose (had to go up 1 pill a day each week), had the best 2 months of my life. Month off - back to horrible. Back on - good month. Then this month, have had a 10-day cluster. Doctor says change of weather (to winter) and other issues may be the cause. Not to give up."

• 119...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• June 26, 2016

Methylergonovine "I had migraines from when I was about 17 y/o, and now I am a senior. I was started on Cafergot, 2 to start at the beginning of a headache, and then one every 1/2 an hour but no more than 6 pills/headache. Then the doctor added a pain pill and later on a Xanax. The combination worked very well, but the headache neurologist suggested one medication per day to keep the headaches away. He started me on Bellermine, but it didn't do what he expected. There were some side effects I didn't like. Unfortunately, he passed away, so I had to find another headache neurologist. In NYC, we have lots of doctors to choose from. I found one who listened to my story. At the end of my story, he prescribed Methergine. I haven't had a headache since the late 1990s."

• Ckp...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 11, 2017

Methylergonovine "Methergine has changed my life. For the first time in 8 years, I have felt like a normal, contributing member of society again. But I just had a CT scan, and they saw a fibroid on my lung, so the doctor had me stop. Migraines resumed with a vengeance. I feel so hopeless. Not sure how to live in pain like this every day. Going to the doctor on Friday to come up with a new plan. Life is suffering. Plow on. Ugh."

• Dul...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• September 21, 2016

Methylergonovine "After several preventative and rescue meds failed, my headache specialist prescribed Methergine. This medication has saved my life. I suffer from chronic migraine with aura and chronic cluster headaches. They were daily, and it got to the point that I was thinking of ending things because the pain was so intense. I took this medication for 14 months, and they've been the greatest 14 months of my life. My migraines started when I was 8 years old, I'm 27 now and didn't seek treatment until I was 20. My new doctor is taking me off the Methergine because she worries about the risk of fibrosis. I'm terrified to stop taking it. This is truly the greatest medication, and I suggest it to every chronic migraine sufferer I meet."

• Aar...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• February 14, 2020

Methylergonovine "Just started Methergine three weeks ago in the middle of another bout of prolonged migraine with allodynia (painful to touch head, brush hair, etc.). It stopped the allodynia, and I felt much better within three days of starting. The doctor is concerned to keep me on it because of fibrosis that can occur, but nothing else has worked in the past 20 years. I had been to Mayo, MHNI - Michigan Head Pain Clinic, and finally went to Thomas Jefferson University, who prescribed this after a trial of other medicines."

• Jan...
• February 25, 2016

"This medicine has made my quality of life so much better. My migraine headache & neurological institute prescribed methylergonovine. It has changed my life! I go on it for 6 months, then take a 'vacation' and have some tests run. Then I go as long as I can before starting it again."

• Che...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• January 15, 2016

"For two months, it worked great. Then I got them all the time. I was put on the max and still got them constantly. My trigger is cigarette smoke, which is super hard to avoid where I live. I'm on my holiday, day 2. I was prescribed steroids to help. I felt fine yesterday until my 3 pm dose of Methergine was missed. Then the pain started. Shooting pains going up and across my head. Heating pad helps and my pain pills, but it's still miserable. Day 2 has been the same, but I've had the pain all day. I hope no one else goes through this."