has anyone here taken indomethacin for chronic migraine prevention? my neurologist recently put me on it and i was wondering if anyone else has taken it and what their experience was with the drug.
I have tried it for a form of cluster headaches abreviated cph. It gave me 5 months of no headaches and then the headaches figured out what was going on and started up again. I have never heard of this being used on anything other than cph or cluster headaches. If I remember correctly it is an antiinflamatory medicine like ibuprofin or motrin. It is very hard on the stomach and must be taken with food or milk.
I am not familiar with that but I do know its an anti-inflammatory (non-steroidal), I wonder, since its related to advil and naproxen (aleve) and others, would that cause rebound headaches?
thanks for the replies. i'm aware of what the drug is, but had never heard of it being used for migraine prevention before. my "migraine specialist" neurologist has used some weird stuff on me since i don't respond to any migraine preventatives. she did tell me it was hard on your stomach and that i should NOT stop taking nexium while i am on this medication and should not take the med. without food. i'm aware that it can cause gastro-intestinal bleeding and ulceration. she wants to me to take 50mg tablets, 1-3 times a day. i've been taking one in the morning for the past two weeks and i've noticed i've been drowsier than usual - so i'm going to switch it to night-time tomorrow.
and, of course, it's not doing anything for my migraines. but i'll suck it up and take it until i see her again or i'll get chewed out. *laff*
Why don't you call your neurologist & ask her how long should it be before you should see an improvement in your migraines? If you do not see an improvement by your next neurologist office visit, tell (not ask) your doctor to wean you off the medication.
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