Posted by Ueli on April 18, 1999 at 18:47:44:
In Reply to: Verapamil posted by Pam on April 17, 1999 at 13:11:54:
Pam, I think 240mg verapamil is a good dose to start with, but if you don't get result in a few days don't hesitate to
increase it, rather than going over to the harder stuff. I'm taking 480mg/day and my attacks raise only to a 1 or 2
on the 0 to 10 scale and are completely aborted by 5 to 10 min of O2. How important the dose is can be shown
by my experience: To get a full nights sleep my neuro prescribed also naratriptan (Amerge) and after this worked
so well he suggested to reduce the verapamil a little. I went from 6 X to 5 X 80mg but after 2 days I had a real banger.
I tried to reduce again a week later, with the same result, so I decided to keep may daily dose to 480mg.
All the best and soon relieve, Ueli