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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m also a migraine sufferer. There are Rx meds today that didn’t exist six years ago. [/quote]

I am one too and very severe.  The majority of the medications are the same except the new CPRG shots.  Triptans and the "preventatives" were around then and I've been offered many pain killers but never those.  No decent neurologist would give those out if they knew someone was pregnant.  I used to get asked at every appointment for years and had to take a pregnancy test for a few years at each appointment.[/quote]

Sumatriptan is Category C and can be used in pregnancy in cases where benefits are judged to outweigh risks -- it is considered to be less counter-indicated in pregnancy than opiods/narcotics. Botox shots are a newer therapy and are also Category C. Beta-blockers and amitriptyline are older meds but also often used for migraine prophylaxis in pregnancy.[/quote]

Botox is not newer.  Its been used off label for many years.  I got it long before it was FDA approved.  Its only newer in the fact that the FDA approved it specifically for migraines so now its being pushed.  The only new medications are the CPRG shots.  There are also other medications used as preventatives, not just the ones you described.  There is a slew of preventatives.  There is more than just imitrex as a triptan too.  [/quote]

Yes, but sumatriptan is the triptan recommended for use [u]in pregnancy[/u].

Botox is "newer," not new, certainly with regards to FDA approval.

There are other preventatives, but they are riskier [u]in pregnancy[/u] and mostly considered to be counterindicated.

Are we not reading the same thread? The conversation is about migraine treatment [u]in pregnancy[/u].[/quote]

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