I've suffered from these evil cluster headaches for over 7 years now.  I've been to the doctor many times and because I'm a truck driver I cannot take some of the medication that would help.  So basicly I've had to use bottles and bottles of ibuprofin for my headaches.  The problem though is that I get reoccuring ulcers and ibuprofin when taken for days stops being effective.  enough of my story.  I saw a talk show where the guy that created "sinus buster" told his story of having clusters.  this stuff is made from Capsicum which is the main ingredient in hot peppers.  I ordered a bottle from his website and got it 2 days ago.  It actually works and does so within 5 minutes.  It's a nasal spray and it does burn but not as bad as you would think. A small price to pay when you feel like your eye is going to pop out of your head.  you guys know what i'm talkin about.  My headaches occur above my right eye so I sniff it up my right nostril.  I burns moderately for about 30 seconds.  Once the initial burns subsides I sniff another dose as far back as I can which is not far because of the burn.  But immediatley after the second sniff the burning begins go away I guess because of the Eucalyptol, peppermint numbs the area a bit.  Within 2 minutes after taking the first does my nasal passage opens up and I'd say 50-60 percent of the headache pain goes away.  I take one more dose up my nostril and this time you are able sniff much farther back because it doesn't burn very much at all and your nasal cavity is opened up more.  Within 30 seconds my headache is completely gone and stays gone for at least 3 hours.  I get chronic cluster headaches that last all day sometimes so for you luckier people 3 sniffs from this stuff would last all day or until your next one.  The stuff is called Sinus Buster "headache formula."  It really does work and now I don't wait 45 agonizing minutes for my Ibuprofin to kick in.
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Redd wrote on May 26^th, 2008 at 1:02pm:


I'm being serious

DennisM1045 wrote on May 26^th, 2008 at 1:23pm:


thats what I did after the first post stated "here we go again" and I found nothing about sinus buster or the ingredients.  thats quite amazing to here because my headaches are extremely painful.  So I would think it would have to work for some.  I'm in utter amazment how well it works so maybe it's really God helping my pain.  It could be the way people are doing it.  I wait a bit before sniff additional doses because when i first tried it by sniffing 3 doses at once it burned too much for me to get it all the way up my nose.

BMoneeTheMoneeMan wrote on May 26^th, 2008 at 1:29pm:


I put frozen water bottles on my eye in hopes that my eye ball will freeze and thus my pain might go away.  maybe next time i'll try snorting a habanero pepper

Oleocapsium is showing a lot of promise as a pain reliever. There are ongoing studies trying to  figure out exactly how it interacts with the brains chemicals to block pain. They are doing knee surgeries without any pain killers, after the anesthesia wears off, by packing the knee joint with one of the extracts of oleocapsium.

That being said, we haven't seen much success with the sinus buster treatment. When someone comes to the board, and their first post upon meeting us all is a testimonial to sinusbuster, our first thought is another salesperson. We get a lot of those here offering berries from the congo, mangosteen juice from who knows where, all offering instant relief to our CH pain. We are mean to them and we chase them away.

If you are truly a CH sufferer, and have found relief using sinusbuster, stick with it. I'm one of those who believes that in the future, this pepper spray will prove to be something beneficial, just not in it's current form! Do stay around and let us know whether or not it's effective long term. Wishing you luck and some pain free time.

Guiseppi

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deprakote, lithium and such are not DOT aproved for driving commercial motor vehicles.  For right right now Sinus Buster is working despite all the odds.

Guiseppi wrote on May 26^th, 2008 at 1:46pm:

didn't mean to sound like a sales pitch, i'm just happy right now that something is working

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are you suggesting that sinus buster is going to bust more than my headaches? do you need a prescription for verapamil?

well I believe i'm more chronic than episodic because I rarely go a week or two between cluster periods.  the cluster periods last typically two to three weeks and during these periods my headaches can last all day and night ranging in severity.  literally two weeks on and one to two weeks off.  not much of a break but technically episodic.  during the periods I get them every day at the same time.  sometimes the clusters occur at night at bedtime and additionally when I wake.  in between cluster periods they still occur but not every day.

well from what I understand one of the tell tale signs of cluster headaches has to do with these on/off time periods and also that they reoccur at the same time daily/nightly for the cluster period.  It was a doctor that first diagnosed me but also my own research.  what is odd to me is that the frequency and severity of my headaches is ever changing.  When I first started getting these headaches they did seem to be triggered by Spring/Fall and not so much during the Summer/Winter.  But there has been a progression into a much more frequent headache.  I think I started episodic and with a shift toward chronic.

I drove commercially for several years while using Verap and Lithium in combination.  DOT does not proscribe Lithium.

Sinus Buster works on the principle that the brain cannot recognize two overarching pains at one time, hence the pepper burn will overshadow the CH until the brain does not recognize it.  At least, that is my laymen's understanding of what I believe to be a worthless product developed to take advantage of our desperation.

Jerry

So inducing pain to myself I'll get relief from my CH? As I said in one of my first posts, I was in so much pain from my beast, that I got myself to breaking a finger, which didn't do much, but to silence the headache for 6 seconds.

Also, someone said something about a kneecap surgery. They do not stand a chance against the CH pain. I've been shot, didn't hurt that much. I had a doctor pull out a nail from my shoulder (it was deep inside the bone itself) with no anastethic whatsoever - doesn't hurt that much.

I don't think that sniffing peppers will make me feel good. I love my triptans, my Red Bulls and a strong, black coffee in the morning. Soon I'll love my O2 NRB set.