Two topamax studies
A recent study in Headache, the journal of the American Headache Society, demonstrated once again that Topamax (topiramate) can help some migraineurs. Dr Merle Diamond and her team wanted to know if there was a real improvement in quality of life for patients on the drug.
The quality of life study was a success, as you can tell by its title Topiramate improves health-related quality of life when used to prevent migraine. It was published last month, and the conclusion was that quality of life does improve. The dosage recommended is 100mg in two daily doses.
Topamax got another boost at the 12th Congress of the International Headache Society. The recent study was all about chronic tension headache. Patients in the trial found that they had about half the headaches they used to have. It does need to be tried for at least 3 months to be effective, however. Some of topiramate’s side effects also take a few weeks to diminish.
Topamax is a powerful drug, so it’s not the first thing to try. But for some patients, it seems to be the answer. Read more about Topamax here, or check out the information at drugstore.com.
20 September 2014 @ 4:40 pm
Was put on this buy my consultant and the dosage was 200mgs a day.
One of the extreme side effects of this drug was pins and needles in my hands, feet, lips and funnily my nose but this wasn’t really funny.
Sitting down was a pain with burning feet and hands and having to shake them to get the feeling back to them, which could take 10 to 20min a time and now it’s been reduced to 100mgs a day and get the pins and needles now and again (not as bad though) this drug does work but has to be given in the right dosage or things can go wrong.
I’m a UK suffer.
23 September 2014 @ 3:08 pm
I also was on topamax but had to stop because of side effects. I had a hard time remembering names of things. Thought I was losing my mind but doc says it’s a side effect. Still getting 8 to 12 migraines a month. Tried evverything for prevention. Imitrex works for now when I get migraine