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Maxalt vs. Imitrex: Which is better for migraines?
Okay, I’ve taken both and it seems like they both work fine IF and only IF you take one as soon as you feel the slightest hint of a migraine coming on. But my concern is that I think Imitrex may have made my migraines come more frequently. . . not sure about Maxalt because I haven’t taken it regularly for months. So which one should I take?
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#2 written by Tom 2 years ago
I don’t have migraines but my mom has had them since i can remember. She was on a lot of different medicines and only in the last few years found one (imitrex) that worked for her. The doctors said that migraines are different from person to person so while one type of medicine may work great for me, it might have no effect on you. Side effects should be considered. My mom found one medicine that worked at first but the side effects were so bad she had to find a different one. I seriously doubt imitrex causes more migraines. They wont make a product that causes the problem its trying to fix. I know my mom found that when she ate unhealthy food she had a lot more migraines then when she ate decent food and exercised, so for her, diet was big in controlling her migraines. I would take whatever fixes your problem with the least side effects.
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pl see what suits you.
If you are in cold country use all warm things.
Pl try cold water bath and observe if in hot country, if pain increases use warm.
If you have cough/cold body hot water bath will help.
Massage and exercise in front of morning sun is good thing, pl try.
Pl try simple acupressure given below for immediate relief.
If it fails you will have to go for Acupuncture.
There is hardly any medicine for H/A OR MIGRAINE. Not only these but for RA, OA, Back ache, Ear ache/ringing, Stomach ache and almost all painful diseases. Hence they become chronic.
Acidity, WORRY, sadness, excessive wind, cold , heat, sour food and sinusitis, constipation, intestinal inflammation; drug side effects, stress, bad smell, TV & COMPUTER SOMETIMES, Blockage in the flow of Vital Energy, BODY CONSTITUTION etc are their causes.
None of them can be treated with medicine.
Our 100% success in treating migraine &H/A confirms it.
Acupuncture is the best treatment.
I can treat it with naturopathy and YOG, but how can you manage pl see.
Pain killers don’t treat the pain but we loose the sense of pain for some time; in that duration our body itself treats sometime and credit goes to meds.
The useless meds have tremendous power of side effects like liver/kidney failures, ulcer, inflammation of intestines and lot more.
Avoid late sleeping if possible; worry, tension, spicy foods, sour fruits, stale bakery foods, SMOKING and alcohole.
Sweet foods, COCOANUT WATER,sweet fruits like dates, milk, rice, SPROUTS, SALADS and good sleep will help if cough is not there.
But you try one herbal remedy- two drops of drumstick leaves’ juice in opposite nostril if one side pains and both nostrils if full H/A will give you rescue. Betel leaf helps but it is very strong.
If it is acute pl search a painful point (with round tipped pen/jimmy) 3-6 mm behind your thumb nail and press it, H/A will disappear within 30 seconds.
For forehead/eye pain the points are in front of nails on the finger tips or 3-7 mm below.
It may disappear naturally too.
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