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The best preventative migraine treatment I have used was a treatment my previous pain specialist tried with me. He founded his clinic but was retiring & only consulting on difficult cases (& my pharmacist friend knew him & asked him to take on my continuous migraine issue I had been dealing with for 20 years)
He said this was an old migraine treatment before migraine meds came out (which I had bad reactions to & couldn't take) He used viscous lidocaine (2%) on 2 q-tips. Placed the head of the q-tips as far up both sides of the nose as possible. (That is as close to the pain center on the brain as you can get) lay down & leave it there 20 min. Then remove....take a 10 minute break & then do the treatment again for 20 minutes.
At the beginning it kept the migraine pain away for a couple of week, then did the treatment again. After doing this several years, I could go a month between treatments. (The side benefit for me was that it opened my sinuses too so I could actually breathe better)
Only possible side effect it causes can be a numbing in the area but I never experienced that.
My migraines are finally under control. Every once in awhile it hits. I also use 1800mg eyedropper CBD oil (NO THC). But that only seemed to work for about 4 hours.
The viscous lidocaine is prescription only. I got my PA friend to get me a prescription of it after I quit going to the pain specialist 2 1/2 years ago
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Leo my soulmate will live in my heart FOREVER Nov 1, 2002 - Dec 16, 2018
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