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rockfish
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Jul 5th, 2017 at 5:00pm
 
I'm a 54 yr old male with classic episodic clusters for over 25 years.  they used to come like clockwork every spring and wake me every night.  I now get the cycles less predictably and the current one started in early June.  Unfortunately this cycle is bringing headaches every 12 hours.  Imitrex injections abort the CH but I am running out of them since I have used 2 a day this cycle.  Pills take forever to get into the bloodstream.  anyway, nothing unusual to this group and thanks for the forum. Cheesy
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Reply #1 - Jul 6th, 2017 at 2:47am
 
Hi and welcome

Are you using a preventive to cut down how many CHs you get?

Tried oxygen?
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Reply #2 - Jul 8th, 2017 at 3:22am
 
Hi rockfish, and welcome.

On the left of your screen there is a tab - "imitrex tip".  It shows you how to split the injections so you get 2,or even 3 doses from one injection. I do it all the time. 

I'm very fortunate in that I don't have any trouble getting them, but I hate using them - they go off like a nail gun and leave me covered in bruises. Splitting them is a much gentler way of using them, and of course, a smaller dose of a nasty drug.

Try to get a stockpile going when you are not in cycle, and then split them to double the usage.  3 mg is plenty to abort a fairly bad
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