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I took inderal (propanolol) old PD remedy; now take expensive Innopran XL (also propanolol derivative) for high BP (only a problem since getting old, I used to have low BP). I tolerate inderal well. -------------------------------------------------- From: "hilary blue" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2010 3:03 PM To: <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: DBS for migraines > YES! only i never made a direct connection before! one of my earliest pd > specialists had been a specialist in migraines before her father got PD. > she put me on propanolol, which i have taken religiously since then. with > the onset of menopause , the frequency of my migraines dropped even > further, but the intenssity not so much. now i look back to my dbs last > april and i realize that although the frequency has not dropped, the > intensity has. no more imitrex - it is overkill. hello excedrin migraine > . > > hilary blue > > --- On Fri, 9/17/10, Rayilyn Brown <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > From: Rayilyn Brown <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: DBS for migraines > To: [log in to unmask] > Date: Friday, September 17, 2010, 9:30 PM > > Coincidentally, DBS stopped my ocular migraines; I used to have both the > aura and headache, since my 30's only the aura. I think there may be a > PD connection; my grandfather had both migraines and PD. > > Anybody else with PD also have or had migraines? > > http://www.marketwatch.com/story/newly-published-data-show-occipital-nerve-stimulation-may-be-a-promising-new-therapy-for-chronic-migraine-2010-09-17?reflink=MW_news_stmp > > > Ray > Rayilyn Brown > Past Director AZNPF > Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn