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New side effects of medications for Migraine

Posted by gcranor @gcranor, Dec 15, 2021

Sumatriptan for Migraine; after 7 years of taking sumatriptan for my migraines I am starting to get really restricted chest tightness, difficult voiding (hard to put a catheter in), has anyone had the same problem? Also I started to have a monthly injection (don’t have the name) about a year ago which changed my migraines from twenty a month to 6 or 7.

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linamend | @linamend | Nov 21, 2022

After 2 episodes of sumatriptan I had extreme chest tightness and horrible feeling of dying. I never tried it, or any other triptan, again.

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Rachel, Volunteer Mentor | @rwinney | Nov 21, 2022
In reply to @gcranor "No, my throat is closing up, my I have 35 years of scarring of my spine..." + (show)
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No, my throat is closing up, my I have 35 years of scarring of my spine (I am fused from S-1 to first T level). Need catheters to pee, and digestive problems and now I was told I need hearing aids! I still volunteer three days a week at my Sheriff’s office doing computer forensic for our county and a neighboring county. Have travel twice to Thailand in the past year to help them fight child trafficking (as a volunteer for the OUR). I am trying very hard to still give back but it is getting harder. Oh I just turned 65!

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How amazing that you volunteer like you do. Good for you! Volunteering is such a wonderful dose of healthy medicine and distraction. Have you thought about scaling back on volunteering? How might you stay involved but have it be more towards your present abilities?

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tucsondee | @tucsondee | Jan 5, 2023

I had migraines for 25 years 3 X a week while living in Louisiana I moved to Arizona where it’s dry I never get migraines anymore

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