My DD (15 yrs) has been suffering from migraines for a while, but they are becoming worse and more frequent and resulted with her in hospital the other night with loss of vision and unable to stop vomiting.
Her previous treatment was sumatriptan, paracetamol and an anti sickness tablet but today she has been given propranolol to take while waiting for a neurologist appointment. While I don't want her to keep suffering the way she is, I'm quite concerned about the list of side effect of these tablets and how an uncontrolled withdrawal can result in death (I appreciate this is an extreme one and probably for people who are using them for other conditions rather than migraine)
I'm just generally really worried about DD just now. I'm willing to give anything a try to help but the side effects were a bit concerning for these.
On reading the migraine trust site I'm also trying magnesium and a vitamin b complex too!
I just
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Propranolol for migraine in a teen, any experience, worrying side effects. Also any advice on things that help migraines I'd love to hear them!
YoScience · 20/01/2016 18:40
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