Posted by John the Lawyer (63.65.7.53) on August 09, 1999 at 13:07:25:
In Reply to: ....but it sure works on my back! posted by Bob P on August 09, 1999 at 11:30:10:
Dear Bob,
I may be all wet here, but I suggest very strongly that you read a lot of the medical links and then talk to your doctor...
The story on Indocin (brand name for Indomethacin) is that (based on my reading) it is a medication that is literally diagnostic for CPH (chronic paroxysmal hemicrania) a subtype (some would say different disorder) of cluster headaches. If you don't respond to the Indomethacin, you don't have CPH and it has NO effect on Cluster Headaches.
Do your own research on the web (starting with the Medical Info. link on the left) but if I didn't have complete relief from the Indocin, I'd stop taking it and find something else (including another Doctor).
Does this accord with others' knowledge or reading?
John the Lawyer