Hi All.
I am new here after recently being diagnosed properly from the neuro with cluster headaches. I don't know whether I have episodic or chronic but I have suffered for the past 12 months more on then off.
I have been taking propananol and sumatriptan tablets which did nothing. The neuro has me on sumatriptan 0.5mg injection which works a treat, and he's talking about putting me on verapamil but I don't know whether this affects fertility. Does anyone know about this as he didn't know?
Thanks!
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Submitted by DavidH 7 on Tue, 09/03/2021 - 21:59
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Sorry to hear you are experiencing Cluster Headaches but it's good they're diagnosed.
www.nhs.uk links through to here for info on Sumatriptan and pregnancy.
https://www.medicinesinpregnancy.org/Medicine--pregnancy/sumatriptan/
The same site has this for Verapamil (on Migraine rather than Cluster Headache):
Which migraine prevention medicines can be considered for use during pregnancy?
Low dose aspirin, propranolol, amitriptyline and verapamil are known to be effective in preventing migraine in the non-pregnant population and have been used in pregnancy for various other conditions. If you and your doctor feel that a migraine prevention medicine is necessary during pregnancy it would be advisable to consider one of the above medicines, taking into account what is known about how the medicine may affect a baby in the womb.
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Submitted by DavidH 7 on Tue, 09/03/2021 - 22:03
Permalink(I should add: am very much
(I should add: am very much not a GP and this is information lifted from the NHS website and a site that the NHS website directs you to).