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Hi, Pain People!      My wife has always had problems with migraines. Now that she’s pregnant, phar- -maceutical interventions are supposed to be avoided. She does have Lortab 7.5 and her Ob Dr. said if the pain (from an unrelated car wreck ) was intolerable, that she could take 1 or 2 if necessary. She tried, but they don’t even touch it. We’ve tried cold packs, aromatherapy, massage.. no relief! Any suggestions? She is really hurting, and I hate not being able to help her. "Is there a Doctor in the house?"  ~~Still in one Peace~~           Harley <><

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FB posted: >Hi, Pain People! >     My wife has always had problems with migraines. Now that she’s >pregnant, phar- >-maceutical interventions are supposed to be avoided.

I don’t know if it is OK for a pregnant woman to take Pamelor or Elavil, but in small doses they can be effective in preventing headaches. I had a headache for 5 months straight and a measley 10mgs of pamelor switched off the worst of it. Jim Mas rapido! http://members.aol.com/Motomij/yourhere.html

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<<<I don’t know if it is OK for a pregnant woman to take Pamelor or Elavil, but in small doses they can be effective in preventing headaches. I had a headache for 5 months straight and a measley 10mgs of pamelor switched off the worst of it.>>>>> I’m a female with Chronic pain and I have pondered the idea of having another baby.  I take Pamelor and I looked it up to see if it was safe during pregnancy and it is the ONLY anti-deppresent that has been shown to NOT cause problems with the developing baby.  The other thing is, when I was preggers with my second baby I got a headche from H*LL and it lasted a few days and all they let me take was Tylenol. My OB told me that headaches during the first trimester are not uncommon.  I have talked to a woman who suffered from chronic headaches and she told me she was on Valium (for the headaches) and when she got preggers she had to abruptly stop them.  She told me that her DR put her on SOMA, and she took it the entire pregnancy.  I was sort of suprised as SOMA has so many side effects.  I know another woman who had ot have her gallbladder out during her 4month and she was taking 2 darvocet’s every 4 hours before and after surgery and that was for a few weeks.  I think narcotics are safe during pregnancy if they have to be used and for a short period of time.  I think your wife should call the OB and ask if it would be ok to have a percocet or something a little stronger like that to try and knock the headache away FAST…I know how much that stinks =(   I hope she is feeling better SOON =) If she ever wants to talk give her my screen name =) Kim

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Harley, Take her to an accupuncturist.  They can be very effective in ridding one of headaches and can show her some home therapy to use.  I believe this might help her. Alice

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Having been down this road myself: 1.  Please have her BP checked. 2.  Try hot packs. 3.  Cut the salt consumption. 4.  Eat lots of SMALL meals . . . basically snack through the day. 5.  Keep track of what she does / eats prior to the migraines showing up . . . lots of women develop new sensitivities during pregnancy. 6.  Try biofeedback. Give her my best; I hope something works. Chris Owens – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Hi, Pain People! >      My wife has always had problems with migraines. Now that she’s > pregnant, phar- > -maceutical interventions are supposed to be avoided. She does have > Lortab 7.5 and her Ob Dr. said if the pain (from an unrelated car wreck > ) was intolerable, that she could take 1 or 2 if necessary. She tried, > but they don’t even touch it. We’ve tried cold packs, aromatherapy, > massage.. > no relief! Any suggestions? She is really hurting, and I hate not being > able to help her. "Is there a Doctor in the house?" >  ~~Still in one Peace~~ >           Harley <><

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I’m not a doctor, but have her talk to her ob or go to a Neurologist inthe area-ask them to prescribe OXYCONTIN.  A co-worker of mine is pregnant and has always had migraines-real bad. Her OB would not treat her headaches so she went to a Neurologist who prescribed Oxycontin. She is doing great and it won’t harm the fetus. Let me know what happens. All I know is that Oxycontin does not give the "high" and the rush that Lortab will-it doesn’t peak like that and is taken every 12 hours!!! Try it!!

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