Determined to find a new primary care physician so I didn't have to drive an hour to my previous one and so I didn't have to wait a month as a "new patient" to see one, I decided to be a little proactive. Besides, if someone could please give me some sort of drug to help me - that would be AWESOME! I still have 10 days I have to survive before I get to the neurologist.
I find a young doctor fresh out of medical school with an opening the very next day. I'm naive enough to take it. He's inexperienced enough to prescribe Almotrex - even after I tell him I can't take Imitrex or Zomig.
He also suggests I double my Topomax intake.
A very wise pharmacist instructs me that almotrex is a triptan - almotriptan - just like Imitrex and Zomig. And he's very concerned about what will happen if I take it.
Whew! What a relief! I didn't want to spend $70 on pills that were just going to make my head hurt worse anyway.
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