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Hi everyone,
This isn't at all about crohns as many of you know it's my son with crohns, not my daughter. But... there's no better place for advice, so I hope no one minds if I come for something other than crohns.
I mentioned on Pilgrim's thread that my daughter was prescribed maxalt for her migraines. She's taken 3 pills and they've worked reasonably well. Problem is insurance won't cover it (so far) and the cost was $90 for 6 pills. In Ontario, they've begun covering 'all' medications for those under 25 but (there's always a 'but') you first must fail other meds before maxalt is covered (and nurse thought it would be the same for insurance). And, as she's turning 25 in May, I'm not sure the government program is much help anyway.
The nurse practitioner suggested other triptan meds that we can try to have covered by government/insurance. In order of her preference, they are:
Almotriptan
Naratriptan
Sumatriptan
Does anyone have experience with these? And anyone know why Maxalt would be better (ie why was it prescribed first?)?
(Just some background, she was referred to a Headache Neurology clinic and this is where the NP prescribed the maxalt. She's been seen only by the NP at the clinic. However, approx. a month before being seen at the neurology clinic, we did take her to emergency because of these headaches and they ran a CT scan, along with labs, etc., to rule out any other concerns. After seeing CT and other results, they believed the migraines were being caused by stress.)
Thanks everyone!
This isn't at all about crohns as many of you know it's my son with crohns, not my daughter. But... there's no better place for advice, so I hope no one minds if I come for something other than crohns.
I mentioned on Pilgrim's thread that my daughter was prescribed maxalt for her migraines. She's taken 3 pills and they've worked reasonably well. Problem is insurance won't cover it (so far) and the cost was $90 for 6 pills. In Ontario, they've begun covering 'all' medications for those under 25 but (there's always a 'but') you first must fail other meds before maxalt is covered (and nurse thought it would be the same for insurance). And, as she's turning 25 in May, I'm not sure the government program is much help anyway.
The nurse practitioner suggested other triptan meds that we can try to have covered by government/insurance. In order of her preference, they are:
Almotriptan
Naratriptan
Sumatriptan
Does anyone have experience with these? And anyone know why Maxalt would be better (ie why was it prescribed first?)?
(Just some background, she was referred to a Headache Neurology clinic and this is where the NP prescribed the maxalt. She's been seen only by the NP at the clinic. However, approx. a month before being seen at the neurology clinic, we did take her to emergency because of these headaches and they ran a CT scan, along with labs, etc., to rule out any other concerns. After seeing CT and other results, they believed the migraines were being caused by stress.)
Thanks everyone!
