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From: [email protected] (Gordon Banks)
Subject: Re: various migraine therapies

In article  [email protected] (Lindy Foster) writes:
>I've been treated to many therapies for migraine prophylaxis and treatment,
>and it looks like they'll try a few more on me.  I have taken propanolol
>(I think it was 10mg 3xdaily) with no relief.  I have just been started


30mg per day of propranolol is a homeopathic dose in migraine. 
If you got fatigued at that level, it is unlikely that you will
tolerate enough beta blocker to help you.  
>
>If we go the antidepressant route, what is it likely to be?  How do
>antidepressants work in migraine prophylaxis?
>

Probably a single nightime dose.  We don't know how they work in migraine, but
it probably has something to do with seratonin.
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