I am from Egypt and I told my doctor about verapamil , he subscribe it for me but he told me it also cause low blood pressure and my problem is that my blood pressure is naturally low what I should do ?

here is what my doctor gave me

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my doctor said one tab 80 mg a day I dont know what to do.

Thanks Bob, I almost out of doctors in my city but do I have to take 360 mg to take effect ?

thanks Bob, what is EKG ?

verapamil now stopped my attacks but I feel very weak I think because of low blood pressure , how long should I take verapamil ?

Thanks Bob, the cycle usually take 1 month so I will take it for a month and see, I take now another medicine for raising my blood pressure hoping it cancel the effect of verapamil so I can get back to my work.

@Marc,
Not self medicating but doctors in my country are not that good in general so with rare thing like CH their information are limited. I have to stick to what is actually work even if it kills me it will be more merciful than feeling that pain again.

I believe that I suggested a trial of this medicine. Did you talk to your doctor about it? You can tell wether it's effective you you with only a few uses (4-6).

If it works, you could stop using Verapamil or other preventives.
===================Headache 2001 Sep;41(8):813-6 

Olanzapine as an Abortive Agent for Cluster Headache.


Rozen TD.
Department of Neurology, Jefferson Headache Center/Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate olanzapine as a cluster headache abortive agent in an open-label trial. BACKGROUND: Cluster headache is the most painful headache syndrome known. There are very few recognized abortive therapies for cluster headache and fewer for patients who have contraindications to vasoconstrictive drugs. METHODS: Olanzapine was given as an abortive agent to five patients with cluster headache in an open-label trial. THE INITIAL OLANZAPINE DOSE WAS 5 MG, AND THE DOSE WAS INCREASED TO 10 MG IF THERE WAS NO PAIN RELIEF. THE DOSAGE WAS DECREASED TO 2.5 MG IF THE 5-MG DOSE WAS EFFECTIVE BUT CAUSED ADVERSE EFFECTS. To be included in the study, each patient had to treat at least two attacks with either an effective dose or the highest tolerated dose. RESULTS: Five patients completed the investigation (four men, one woman; four with chronic cluster, one with episodic cluster). Olanzapine reduced cluster pain by at least 80% in four of five patients, and TWO PATIENTS BECAME HEADACHE-FREE AFTER TAKING THE DRUG. Olanzapine typically alleviated pain within 20 minutes after oral dosing and treatment response was consistent across multiple treated attacks. The only adverse event was sleepiness. CONCLUSIONS: Olanzapine appears to be a good abortive agent for cluster headache. IT ALLEVIATES PAIN QUICKLY AND HAS A CONSISTENT RESPONSE ACROSS MULTIPLE TREATED ATTACKS. IT APPEARS TO WORK IN BOTH EPISODIC AND CHRONIC CLUSTER HEADACHE.

PMID 11576207 PubMed

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Olanzapine has a brand name of "Zyprexa" and is a antipsychotic. Don't be put off by this primary usage. Several of the drugs used to treat CH are cross over applications, that is, drugs approved by the FDA for one purpose which are found to be effective with unrelated conditions--BJ.
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My BP and HR are like clockwork: BP: 100/50, HR 46. Been that way for years! I do no tolerate BP meds at all! Actually, no meds really work with me...and I've tried everything. Just abortives: Triptans and O2.

Note: I get from 3 to 10 a day, every day.