Is Atenolol a good drug to take to help severe migraines?

by Admin on September 4, 2010

Having took popanolol for awful migraines i have been swapped to Atenolol as he says it will work better for my constant migraines ,am in two minds to start it, usualiy used for blood pressure,and the side effects are endless with it?? any one use it for migraines out there?

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Dr Frank September 4, 2010 at 4:24 am

Atenolol is neither indicated not useful for recurrent migraine. A more reliable prophylaxis would be Sanomigran/Pizotifen.

Umrao K September 4, 2010 at 4:24 am

no medicines are necessary..it can be cured in 30 or 40 days with holistic healing method..see my profile.
Disease or financial setback or family proble, is due to placement of planets in bad places in the person’s horoscope and also due to hereditary causes..a soul can enter into the womb of a woman whose sins match the sins of previous birth of this soul..this is secret of creation..a soul cant take birth in a wealthy family or pious family,if it has got previous sins..
.when your forefathers have these diseases you will get them…sometimes due to sins of your forefathers and foremothers ,diseases are caused…when there are such sins ,your horoscope will contain placement of good planets in bad places…diseases may develop in a person due to sins of that particular individual…sins means viiolation of natural law…eating fast foods,nonveg,sweets etc come under this category…evil thinking and evil doing come under the category of serious sins..
such sins and doshas in horoscopes can be repaired or modified by doing tapas or penance…

it is due to eating wrong and negative foods and negative style of life… follow this method for two month…you will improve from 15th day…
holistic healing method..
when the body is having a disease, the patient should not be given a nutritious food… he should be asked to fast for 7 or 10 day… but he can take unlimited fruits(not sweet) and uncooked vegetables… this is also called semi-fasting method…during semi-fasting, the bodies energies will be conserved to fight and throw out the disease…that is why , patients are asked to stop so many negative foods …all high nutritious foods are negative foods for sick people…
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Holistic healing method….

1avoid milk ,curd,buttermilk,coffee,tea,horlicks,,
sweets,sweet fruits,
,nonveg,cashewnuts,almonds,peas,cooldr…
fish,eggs,f,alcohols for 30days.these are all
negative foods for a person with disease…unless these
foods are stopped ,he or she cant clean the body,blood
and nerves…persons without disease can take them…
2.daily eat 300 gms of uncooked cucumber( or 60 gms of uncooked bittergourd or 300 gms of blackgrapes containing seeds.)

4daily eat 20 gms of ginger uncooked..
5.daily eat 30 uncooked leaves of ponna ganti aku-telugu(ponnan kanni keera-tamil) and 20 uncooked leaves of coriander..
and 3 betel leaves..(after one week take 6 betel leaves)
6.you can eat rice items,wheat items ,ragi balls,jowar items of food..dont take ragi malt.
7,you can take daily oranges,promagenates,watermelons,pineapp…
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kumrao99@yahoo.co.in

2nd method:-
colour ray therapy of sunlight—–(this is part of holistic healing)
the sunlight has got 7 colours… red and yellow colour rays have got healing property to cure most of the diseases.
purchase a sheet of red colour celliphone paper from a local book shop or paper shop….it is transparent and glazed. it will cost rs6 or 7…divide into 4 pieces…each piece should measure 5in by7in.
then lie down in sunlight … keep one of the pieces of yellow coloured silaphan paper on stomach , so that sunlight falls on the red or yellow paper (which is placed on stomach)…you should not wear any banian or shirt,when you lie
down in sunlight…
allow the sunlight to pass through the paper for 7 min…then yellow or red rays will enter into your body and clean all ailments in your body…after one week ,you can increase the time to 10 min daily(for elders) and 6min for children.it should not be used for children less than 3 years.
many diseases like blood pressure,sugar,arthritis,pains
,ulcers,acidity,skin disease,virus
fevers,cold,bronchitis,piles,fissures,… will be cured with this me

old know all September 4, 2010 at 4:24 am

The only side effect I’ve heard about for Atenolol is that it gives you weird dreams – but so can Propanolol. They are both beta blockers. They regulate your production of noradrenaline so that they prevent panic attacks and regulate blood pressure. Give them a try – they’re unlikely to make your migraines any worse. If you find they are no good, consult your doctor before you stop taking them.

Migraine is a symptom rather than a disease. A common cause among computer users is chronic neck injury caused by bad posture. Try putting an ice pack on the back of your neck – 15 minutes on, five minutes off then another 10 minutes on. Follow that up with a hot compress on the back of your neck. If you find that this relieves the symptoms, consult a chiropractor.

Yahzmin (US) September 4, 2010 at 4:24 am

Beta blockers like Atenolol and popanolol are only sometimes effective for limiting migraines. The same for things like Topomax or Depakote. I’ve been on ALL of them at one time or another, sometimes combinations of them. None of them helped ANY, and they ALL had nasty side effects. What finally helped me was figuring out the triggers and eliminating as many of them as I could. This can take time, so you can try medicating in the meantime. But if you don’t get SOME help from it fairly quickly, I’d give it a pass.

Try a food diary and elminate as much as possible of artificial sweetners, additives, preservatives, MSG, etc. from your diet. Many of these are well-known triggers, as are many foods like vinegar, pickles, aged cheeses, oranges. Dehydration is an exacerbating factor as well.

I’ve now reduced myself from daily migraines – to 1 or 2 per month. And the ONLY meds I take are an Excedrin some mornings, and 1 Axert when I DO get a migraine. Good luck!

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