Hi godfrey ~ Wanted to reply, as I am on AIMOVIG, have been for 9 months now.

I went from 3-4 migraine a week to 1-2 since going on AIMOVIG. I had Migraine with Aura.

I am on 70 mg of AIMOVIG.

None of the preventatives worked for me, so went to Maxalt as an abortive but that never really worked either. Have had these migraine types since 13.

Found that if I don't give the shot within the 30 day period, migraine comes back with a vengeance and takes awhile to settle down. Have you found this?

I also heard on the AIMOVIG Facebook that in Canada, the AIMOVIG is only given out for one year. I will be calling AIMOVIG next week to re-order and also to ask about if there is a restriction on how many to dispense per year.

Soo glad to hear this is working for you.

Blue

Blue,

You might want to try Aimovig 140mg to see if it knocks out the rest of the migraines. It made a difference for me. I believe the price is the same as the 70mg injection. I did not have any side effects from 140mg.

As for the 30 day cycle, you are correct. Around 27 days I can feel the headaches starting to flare up. Some people take a shot every 4 weeks.

Not sure about the reorder program in Canada. In the US I did not qualify for free shots under Medicare. However, my Neurologist gives me some samples when I visit. Also, I petitioned my insurance company for a discount since none of the preventative medicines worked that well. I pay $240 per injection.

Good luck!

Dan

Hi Dan ~ Thank you for the helpful suggestion about going up to 140 mg. Glad for you that you found relief at that mg *smiles*. I'll ask about increasing the mg if I can ever get in to see my headache specialist. It's been a year and I can't seem to get an appointment with him. I did write him and he said he has no openings until Fall, which will make it over a year since I last saw him. Unfortunately he's the only headache specialist in my area. He did say he won't increase my mg up to 140 mg due to my age and the lack of studies on those over 65.

I did apply for, I think, the Bridge Program or the other program thru AIMOVIG and once approved, they are sending me the shots free. I filled out the application from the AIMOVIG website, had my neurologist fax in the needed information and within three weeks I was approved. I am even on Medicare, which I know won't pay for it, neither will my insurance company. So, I have to rely upon AIMOVIG for now. Hoping their campaign doesn't end or I'm back to weekly migraine.

Be sure to look up the application online, download it and get your neurologist fill it out and fax it in to get you off his samples.

Best,

Blue

Godfrey ~ How did your neurologist appt go? Did you discuss going on the program that helps pay for this cost of AIMOVIG?

Going thru numerous migraines, one right after another in last 7 days and I just had my shot several days ago. Will call my headache doc and see about upping it to 140 mg.

Take care,

Blue

Blue,

Sorry to hear about your migraines. I experienced something similar and discussed with my Neurologist last week. I experienced repeat migraines on 70mg then tried 140mg with the same results.

On 70mg I had no headaches for several months then they started up. Maybe one a week with a lot of clusters. On 140mg the headaches went away for 6 weeks. Then I had what you described with two migraines and five clusters within a week. Maybe a little more intense than on 70mg.

The Neurologist didn’t have an explanation nor did we discuss why. He wanted to verify if I had a migraine or clusters. We also verified that I am still taking 50mg of Topamax daily and eat a low tyramine diet.

He asked if I wanted to try Ajovy to compare results. I agreed. At this point I have to clear my system of Aimovig for 60 days then try the Ajovy. Unfortunately, Ajovy is not covered by United Health Care part D. So I have filed a case. Also I learned from this experience that 60 days on these drugs is to early to come to a conclusion.

Good luck,

Dan


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Thank you!

Good luck, keep me posted *smiles

Blue

Blue,

Lots of good information in your post.

A migraine according to my Neurologist needs to include: throbbing head pain particularly around the temples, eyesight distortion and nausea.

A cluster is a headache, more in the forehead and around the eyes. Very painful.

Different Neurologists might argue the fine details, but that is how he defines them.

FYI, my headaches have gone down since my last post. So Aimovig is doing it’s job again. I’m going to go through the process of trying Ajovy to see which works better.

Take care!


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Good luck, Dan. Keep me updated how Ajovy goes for you.

Thanks for the information

Blue

On day 35 of the transition from Aimovig to Ajovy. I’m going to try Ajovy for 4 months, then pick what works best.

I have learned the following during my anti-CGRP research on Google and I quote:

Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is a vasoactive peptide. It is part of the “inflammatory soup” that is involved in dilation of cerebral and dural blood vessels. Widely distributed throughout the body, CGRP levels in serum increase during migraine or cluster headache. Triptans provide some migraine relief by modulating the CGRP.

CGRP is a neuropeptide that exists in trigeminal ganglia nerves and a potent vasodilator of cerebral blood vessels. CGRP is believed to mediate vasodilatory mechanism of neurogenic inflammation and the transmission of trigeminovascular nociceptive signal from intracranial vessels to central nervous system.

My interpretation and results so far are:

Aimovig and Ajovy work as approved. However, they are complicated drugs.


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