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Dissolvable aspirin and full fat coke for migraine

19 replies

MimsyBorogroves · 15/04/2014 18:30

Can't remember who posted this the other week (900mg of dissolvable aspirin in a can of red coke) but THANK YOU - had my worst migraine in ages today with no support for childcare and it's bloody worked.

I'm as jittery as fuck now though - just sent my friend the "recipe" and accidentally told her to dissolve 900mg of aspirin in full fat come.

Looking forward to her response now Hmm

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poorbuthappy · 15/04/2014 18:39

Really? Really really?

AuntieMaggie · 15/04/2014 18:40

I thought caffiene made migraines worse?

sewingandcakes · 15/04/2014 18:49

Something about coke helps my migraines too, I'll try it with aspirin next time, thanks!

PoppadomPreach · 15/04/2014 18:52

My tip re migraines is Calprofen (or any kids ibuprofen medicine). I take 30ml which is equivalent 600mg of ibuprofen and it really helps. I also find any high caffeine drink helps too (espresso, coke or red bull)

Will try the aspirin one though.

Blithereens · 15/04/2014 19:01

Coke Zero and codeine do the trick for me!

Easter Grin at full fat come

CrazyOldCatLady · 15/04/2014 19:43

I read a study a few years ago that showed that ibuprofen was something like 50% more effective if taken with caffeine.

Also, I'm very sensitive to codeine (or any morphine-related drug) and get slightly high on it.

A bottle of Pepsi Max and a couple of Nurofen Plus can take me from budding migraine territory to completely blissed out in about half an hour : )

Mrsmorton · 15/04/2014 20:41

I can't take anything by mouth when I have a migraine. Only pain relief that will dissolve in my cheek.

NanaNina · 15/04/2014 22:29

I suffered bad migraines for years and was told by GPs that I should take over the counter pain relief. Eventually I went to see a homeopath who was also a GP and the homeopathy didn't work and she said if I was her patient she would prescribe "one of the triptans" - she wrote the name down for me "naratriptan" and advised that I ask my GP. I did this and he agreed to prescribe it - it changed my life and I was really angry that I had never been offered this before, and then I found out the reason - because of the cost. These triptan drugs are expensive and work out about £5 per pill. They aren't pain killers, they help to shrink the blood vessels around the brain that swell in a migraine attack, and bring fast relief for most people.

This drug changed my life. I could be pain free in 2 hours and could carry on with my day. Mind the senior partner called me in to show me how many of these meds I had been prescribed and said I must be referred to a consultant neurologist to get a drug to prevent attacks. Strange as they'd never bothered to make this referral before. I went to the neurologist and he prescribed something that didn't work and I didn't have any more trouble getting naratriptan.

I am 70 now and have "grown out" of migraine but I would advise anyone to try the triptans. There is the one I took naratriptan (can't remember brand name, but there is sumatriptan too (brand name Imigran) and you can get this at chemists now, but it is £7.50 for 2 tabs so very expensive.

Mrsmorton · 16/04/2014 05:36

Nana do you know what homeopathy is?

madwomanbackintheattic · 16/04/2014 05:48

I would think she does, mrsmorton, she went to see one. The treatment didn't work (unsurprisingly) and as the homeopath was also a GP, she gave her the name of the drug she should discuss with her own GP.

It all seems very straightforward. Lots of folk who don't find relief with prescription meds seek alternative medicine. In this case that didn't work, but she was referred back to her GP with a clinical suggestion.

I'm always impressed when a GP is open to alternative medicine, as long as it's not to the exclusion of standard treatment. In this case, it was lucky she did see the homeopath - her own GP wasn't likely to prescribe the expensive medication, but the homeopath/ GP didn't have that budgetary constraint and was open with her advice.

Mrsmorton · 16/04/2014 06:57

Homeopathy isn't medicine though, it's exploitation and lies.

Bluestocking · 16/04/2014 07:25

Does the mixture fizz like mad? Although I've often combined full fat coke and painkillers, I've never actually poured the coke over the soluble aspirins.
The triptans do work (I have sumatriptan) but you have to take them at the first hint of a migraine. If I'm going to get one, I tend to wake up with a full-blown one, and there's no point in wasting a £5 pill on it then.

madwomanbackintheattic · 16/04/2014 16:08

Well, everyone has their own opinions, and there are gps who also train in alternative medicine. As she had already said that the homeopathy didn't work, but the HOMEOPATH gave her the name of the drug that would help, I'm not sure your views on homeopathy or the poster's belief system is particularly relevant. Especially when it sounds like you are about to savage her for something she did years ago... She wasn't recommending homeopathy as a treatment for migraine, so your concern is misplaced.

Placebo effect is probably quite high with homeopathy, I would have thought - so I suppose it depends what you consider 'effective'. If a client believes their symptoms are reduced (especially stress-induced symptoms) they are happy to pay the money, no?

And tbh, with debilitating conditions of any sort, people do often resort to things in desperation that they wouldn't consider in moments of rational scientific research. I'm not going to have a downer on desperate people making choices - sometimes you'll try anything, it's that desperate.

noddyholder · 16/04/2014 16:10

It really works.

NanaNina · 16/04/2014 16:27

No I wasn't recommending homeopathy as has been pointed out, though it might work for some, I don't know. I think there has been a fair bit in the media criticising homeopathy as nothing but sugar pills, but the homeopath I saw was very honest and said if it hadn't worked with a month then it was going to and I would be wasting my money. Obviously I had to pay privately. I have a friend who swear by homeopathy for everything, so it's each to their own really.

Blue stocking - I would typically wake with a bad headache sort of at the top of my head and within hours it would travel down to just behind my left eye and not move. I found if I took the triptan as soon as I woke it would prevent it getting any worse and I'd be pain free soon after, but we all react differently. Incidentally if you are a migraine sufferer you shouldn't have to buy the drug over the counter but should be given a prescription by the GP.

SnotandBothered · 16/04/2014 20:42

Naratriptan has changed my life too Nana. Have tried a few of the Triptans (including Sumatriptan) but Naratriptan is the one that works for me.

Occasionally when I get a really REALLY bad one, I take:

1 x naratriptan
2 x Neurofen Migraine tablets
1 x can coke.

That pretty much guarantees being pain free within 2 hours.

I too was annoyed at the years I suffered un-necessarily, but now I get 3 x 6 pack naratriptan (so 18 tablets) per prescription and that usually lasts me between 6 months and a year.

SnotandBothered · 16/04/2014 20:43

Blue my recipe above is for when I wake up with a full blown one. The naratriptan alone doesn't always work (and Sumatriptan doesn't work at all) but the combo above seems to combat even the full blown belter that wakes you up at 6am

Bluestocking · 17/04/2014 07:40

Thanks, I'll give it a go next time I wake up with a fully formed belter!

kelda · 17/04/2014 07:42

It's the caffiene. This is why Anadin contains caffiene.

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