Verapamil for Cluster Headaches User Reviews (Page 3)

• Pin...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• July 4, 2021

"Second drug I tried in accessing treatment due to bad side effects with the first, but works amazingly. I’m awful at remembering to take it daily, however, when I do, it removes all pain with no side effects."

• Chu...
• August 30, 2017

"I had regular clusters every August throughout my 20s and 30s. They went away when I had sinus surgery at age 40. Then they restarted in early May this year, at the age of 63. Verapamil 240 milligram has been completely effective in stopping them. (Unfortunately, they may have turned chronic -- whenever I experimentally quit the verapamil, they resume.) I have one major side effect: a daily two- or three-hour bout of diarrhea. Imodium and similar meds leave me with a painful case of constipation followed by...diarrhea. I have adopted a low-mass, low-irritant diet, and this mitigates it somewhat, but it does not solve it. My doc has directed me to try a lower dose (120 mg) in the hope that this will mitigate this side effect."

• Ano...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• April 23, 2022

"I suffer from severe cluster headaches/migraines, and I was prescribed Verapamil after two triptans were unsuccessful. Unfortunately, Verapamil just didn’t do anything. Luckily, it didn’t cause any negative side effects, it just failed to make any kind of difference. Verapamil might as well have been a tic-tac for me."

• nub...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 28, 2015

"Prescribed for high blood pressure. I have heart disease and cluster headaches, back problems. Did not know verapamil was prescribed for cluster headaches. Sometimes my headaches are in one spot, other times all over. Pray for me."

• var...
• April 6, 2015

"My girlfriend asked me if I love her more than anything. I told her that I do love her more than anything, but my verapamil!"

• chs...
• April 21, 2008

"I started this medication to clear up 2-4 migraine headaches a week. I have only had one in several weeks of taking it. I am very happy with the results. It has greatly improved my life."

• Vag...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 6, 2016

Verapamil "Reduced clusters from three every day to one every three to four days!"

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 16, 2013

"My husband was diagnosed with episodic cluster headaches. After a month of being on prednisone, he was put on verapamil. I am so thankful for this medicine. It has given him his life back."

• Anonymous
• June 12, 2012

Verapamil "I take 360 mg in the morning, and my cluster headaches never come on."

• Anonymous
• August 14, 2010

"Great for cluster headaches. Haven't had a severe cluster headache since I was diagnosed correctly (cluster headache sufferers know the story) and started taking it. I take the 240 mg ER version."

• jam...
• October 1, 2014

"Only have 2 doses in right now. It's throwing me outta whack, but I sure don't feel any worse than I usually do. Can't wait till I'm pain-free."

• DrB...
• November 7, 2010

"Marginally effective after/during cycle. Better used prophylactically. Best in combination with other treatment."

• Clu...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• February 5, 2022

"Sadly, verapamil did not help at all. Made my hands feel cold and gave me weird dreams. No change in the frequency of headaches."

• Jj6...
• August 26, 2023

"I take 120 mg in the morning and 240 mg at night and 3 shots of Emgality once per month and went from daily clusters to 1 a month that goes away as soon as I use Relpax"