
My headache
- kayrharris
- Miss Congeniality
- Posts: 11968
- Joined: Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:48 am
- Location: Auburn, AL
- Contact:
My headache
is worse. Forget the cleaning, I'm going back to bed. 

"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. "
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
- silvercamaro
- Dog's Best Friend
- Posts: 9608
- Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:45 am
- Billy Mays
- Merry Man
- Posts: 59
- Joined: Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:08 am
- Location: Infomercial Hell
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
THERE, DID THAT HELP YOUR HEADACHE?
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
THERE, DID THAT HELP YOUR HEADACHE?
BUT WAIT..... THERE'S MORE!!!!!!
- ulysses5019
- Purveyor of Avatars
- Posts: 19442
- Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:52 am
- Location: Los Angeles, CA
Billy Mays wrote:HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
THERE, DID THAT HELP YOUR HEADACHE?
Now I have one!
I believe in the usefulness of useless information.
- kayrharris
- Miss Congeniality
- Posts: 11968
- Joined: Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:48 am
- Location: Auburn, AL
- Contact:
- Here's Fanny!
- Peekaboo!
- Posts: 1299
- Joined: Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:49 am
Head On, I hate your commercials, but I love your product!Billy Mays wrote:HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
THERE, DID THAT HELP YOUR HEADACHE?
Personally, I think it's probably just a stick of numbing stuff, but I've never tried it. Might as well just slap on some icy hot.
Spoiler
I'm darned good and ready.
- themanintheseersuckersuit
- Posts: 7634
- Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:37 pm
- Location: South Carolina
Its a Homeopathic, that means it just water.Here's Fanny! wrote:Head On, I hate your commercials, but I love your product!Billy Mays wrote:HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
THERE, DID THAT HELP YOUR HEADACHE?
Personally, I think it's probably just a stick of numbing stuff, but I've never tried it. Might as well just slap on some icy hot.
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
- littlebeast13
- Dumbass
- Posts: 31529
- Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:20 pm
- Location: Between the Sterilite and the Farberware
- Contact:
Here's Fanny! wrote:Head On, I hate your commercials, but I love your product!Billy Mays wrote:HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
THERE, DID THAT HELP YOUR HEADACHE?
Personally, I think it's probably just a stick of numbing stuff, but I've never tried it. Might as well just slap on some icy hot.
A nice, big whiff of Fabuloso's always good for clearing out the head..... and the stomach, and everything else.....
lb13
- Beavis & Butthead
- Merry Man
- Posts: 79
- Joined: Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:00 am
- Location: On the couch
- Here's Fanny!
- Peekaboo!
- Posts: 1299
- Joined: Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:49 am
Re: My headache
Seriously, BoB, you need to try acupuncture. My acupuncturist is amazing (she's a phd from China). Sadly, I can no longer afford to go.kayrharris wrote:is worse. Forget the cleaning, I'm going back to bed.
Or chiropractic. My sister had migraines for years and the chiropractor got rid of them completely.
Spoiler
I'm darned good and ready.
- MarleysGh0st
- Posts: 27966
- Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:55 am
- Location: Elsewhere
- sunflower
- Bored Hooligan
- Posts: 8010
- Joined: Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:32 am
- Location: East Hartford, CT
- ulysses5019
- Purveyor of Avatars
- Posts: 19442
- Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:52 am
- Location: Los Angeles, CA
Aren't you forgetting something?littlebeast13 wrote:Here's Fanny! wrote:Head On, I hate your commercials, but I love your product!Billy Mays wrote:HEAD ON!!! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!
THERE, DID THAT HELP YOUR HEADACHE?
Personally, I think it's probably just a stick of numbing stuff, but I've never tried it. Might as well just slap on some icy hot.
A nice, big whiff of Fabuloso's always good for clearing out the head..... and the stomach, and everything else.....
lb13
I believe in the usefulness of useless information.
- JG Wentworth
- Merry Man
- Posts: 7
- Joined: Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:39 pm
- Location: Atop a pile of cash
MarleysGh0st wrote:USE IT WHEN YOU NEED IT!*kayrharris wrote:"IT'S MY MONEY AND I WANT IT NOW!" is coming very close to being Billy May's irritating!!!!
*And we'll just take a hefty slice for giving you that privilege.
I see working all those years with Ebeneezer has taught you well! Would you like a job with us?
It's my money, and I need it NOW!
- ghostjmf
- Posts: 7437
- Joined: Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:09 am
since you before have said these are migraines, try some
Duradrin
also known as Midrin
now known to my loopy new health plan drug progam (I had no choice; work changed it) as IC APAP/Dichlphen/Isomethep/CPITP
ain't that a mouthful
According to my lamentedly ex-doc (they're in Chicago these days), less stress on your liver than the Imetrix family of drugs that everybody else raves about.
A brief profile:
http://www.migraines.org/treatment/promidrn.htm:
(The only ingredient which in fact threatens your liver is the Tylenol (acetaminophen) in it, which alone does doofus for me.)
ACTIONS:
Isometheptene Mucate, a sympathomimetic amine, acts by constricting dilated cranial and cerebral arterioles, thus reducing the stimuli that lead to vascular headaches.
Dichloraiphenazone, a mild sedative, reduces the patient's emotional reaction to the pain of both vascular and tension headaches.
(as in "makes you somewhat sleepy", so you can't drive after taking this; but you shouldn't be driving while migrainous anyway!)
Acetaminophen raises the threshold to painful stimuli, thus exerting an analgesic effect against all types of headaches
(yeah, sure)
If they came out with just the isometheptene mucate alone, I bet it would have just as good an effect on me as the combo does, but if the Tylenol people & whoever owns the patent on the dichloraiphenazone wanna get in on the action, I can't stop them.
Duradrin
also known as Midrin
now known to my loopy new health plan drug progam (I had no choice; work changed it) as IC APAP/Dichlphen/Isomethep/CPITP
ain't that a mouthful
According to my lamentedly ex-doc (they're in Chicago these days), less stress on your liver than the Imetrix family of drugs that everybody else raves about.
A brief profile:
http://www.migraines.org/treatment/promidrn.htm:
(The only ingredient which in fact threatens your liver is the Tylenol (acetaminophen) in it, which alone does doofus for me.)
ACTIONS:
Isometheptene Mucate, a sympathomimetic amine, acts by constricting dilated cranial and cerebral arterioles, thus reducing the stimuli that lead to vascular headaches.
Dichloraiphenazone, a mild sedative, reduces the patient's emotional reaction to the pain of both vascular and tension headaches.
(as in "makes you somewhat sleepy", so you can't drive after taking this; but you shouldn't be driving while migrainous anyway!)
Acetaminophen raises the threshold to painful stimuli, thus exerting an analgesic effect against all types of headaches
(yeah, sure)
If they came out with just the isometheptene mucate alone, I bet it would have just as good an effect on me as the combo does, but if the Tylenol people & whoever owns the patent on the dichloraiphenazone wanna get in on the action, I can't stop them.
- kayrharris
- Miss Congeniality
- Posts: 11968
- Joined: Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:48 am
- Location: Auburn, AL
- Contact: