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Suffering From Migraine, Taking Vasograin Tablet. Is It Safe To Take This Medicine?
Hi. I am a 35 year old gentleman. I have been suffering with migraine for the last 15-20 years. For the past past 10 years I have been taking Vasograin tablet. I only take it when I need to go so some function or have to do some heavy work, may be 8-10 tablets each month. I would like to know whether it is safe to use 8-10 Vasograin tablets per month.
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Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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VASOGRAIN tablet contains ergotamine tartrate 1 mg, caffeine 100 mg, paracetamol 250 mg, prochlorperazine maleate 2.5 mg.
It is effective in some patients for treatment of acute attack of migraine but has no role in migraine prophylaxis.
Ergotamine has many side effects, and some of them are quite serious such as reduced blood supply to heart (coronary arteries ischaemia) and intestines, pleural fibrosis, tingling and numbness of the extremities, etc. Hence, it should not be used for long term as now safer medicines are available.
The treatment of migraine is as follows:
avoid trigger factors,
rest in a quiet dark place,
initially take a simple analgesic such as aspirin or paracetamol or aceclofenac.
If these measures are not effective, then sumatriptan,naratriptan or rizatriptan can be used for acute attack and the dose can be repeated after two hours, if necessary.
These measures are to be taken to tackle acute attacks.
Patients with recurrent attacks should also take regular, preventive treatments such as amitriptiline or flunarizine or propranolol.
Hope this could help you.
Wish you good health.
Thanks for writing to us.
VASOGRAIN tablet contains ergotamine tartrate 1 mg, caffeine 100 mg, paracetamol 250 mg, prochlorperazine maleate 2.5 mg.
It is effective in some patients for treatment of acute attack of migraine but has no role in migraine prophylaxis.
Ergotamine has many side effects, and some of them are quite serious such as reduced blood supply to heart (coronary arteries ischaemia) and intestines, pleural fibrosis, tingling and numbness of the extremities, etc. Hence, it should not be used for long term as now safer medicines are available.
The treatment of migraine is as follows:
avoid trigger factors,
rest in a quiet dark place,
initially take a simple analgesic such as aspirin or paracetamol or aceclofenac.
If these measures are not effective, then sumatriptan,naratriptan or rizatriptan can be used for acute attack and the dose can be repeated after two hours, if necessary.
These measures are to be taken to tackle acute attacks.
Patients with recurrent attacks should also take regular, preventive treatments such as amitriptiline or flunarizine or propranolol.
Hope this could help you.
Wish you good health.
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Hi there, thanks for asking. It is a good question. When a person has migraine episodes more than 3 times a months, it is recommended that he takes a medication which can prevent formation of attacks in a regular shape. There are very good medications with almost no side effects which can be used in the low dose to avoid any migraine. Some of them are from the class of beat blockers and some of them are from the class of new antiepileptics. I wish you a good health.
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