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Jul 11, 2013 (Started Apr 19, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for atypical migraine)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for migraine headaches)
  • Side effects
    Severe (nausea, dizziness, brain fog, light sensitivity (photophobia), diarrhea, weight gain, fatigue, joint pain)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

Feb 6, 2013 (Started Apr 19, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for atypical migraine)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for migraine headaches)
  • Side effects
    Severe (nausea, dizziness, brain fog, light sensitivity (photophobia), diarrhea, weight gain, fatigue, joint pain)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 80 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

Oct 15, 2012 (Started Apr 19, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for atypical migraine)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for migraine headaches)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (nausea, dizziness, brain fog, light sensitivity (photophobia), diarrhea, weight gain, fatigue, joint pain)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 80 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

Jun 17, 2012 (Started Apr 19, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for migraine headaches)
  • Side effects
    Mild (nausea, dizziness, brain fog, light sensitivity (photophobia), diarrhea)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 80 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Take with substantial meal.
Cost: < $25 monthly

May 20, 2012 (Started Apr 19, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for migraine headaches)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (nausea, dizziness, brain fog, light sensitivity (photophobia), diarrhea)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 40 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 1 helpful mark

Dec 1, 2008 (Started Jan 15, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for migraine headaches)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 40 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Taking this has reduced my migraines from constant to only on occasion. The last migraine I had was because I missed getting my scrip filled on time. I had taken this in the eighties for migraine prevention and it was effective then as well.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Aug 1, 2008 (Started Jul 16, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for Other)
  • Side effects
    Severe (dizziness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 30 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Watch your BP! If you have problems with this normally, be very careful on this medication!
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: dizziness
  • 0 helpful marks

May 9, 2009 (Started Feb 20, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for tremor in hands)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (orthostatic hypotension, drowsiness)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Be aware that if you have lower blood pressure that it may cause it to drop even lower. I feel drowsy taking it and my BP was 100/54. I take it only as needed for excessive hand tremors now.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: orthostatic hypotension, drowsiness

Apr 11, 2009 (Started Feb 20, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for tremor in hands)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (orthostatic hypotension, drowsiness)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: orthostatic hypotension, drowsiness

Mar 12, 2009 (Started Feb 20, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for tremor in hands)
  • Side effects
    Mild
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: It lowers BP a bit and makes me sleepy
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: orthostatic hypotension, drowsiness
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 2, 2009 (Started Jun 01, 1994)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Other)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 160 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: This is a miracle drug for me. Taking it has reduced my headaches overall, decreased my heart rate, and I think it has a slight affect on my tremor.
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 27, 2010 (Started Jul 21, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for anxious mood)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: Helped very much with trembling from panic and excessive diaphoriesis.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

May 21, 2010 (Started Mar 07, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for migraine headaches)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 160 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I take Propranolo twice daily. Without taking this Med for 2 days I start to get a migraine. and also I get heart palpataions
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Sep 1, 2009 (Started Sep 01, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for panic attacks)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg One time
Advice & Tips: I was given this medication in the mental hospital to curb my panic attacks and anxiety. It worked very well.
  • 0 helpful marks

Oct 25, 2010 (Started May 26, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for tremor in hands)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 40 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Without Inderal I would not be able to take the dose of lithium I need to stay more stable. Before I could hardly sign my name and that was a very present and constant reminder to me of my illness. Within half an hour of taking my first dose, the hand tremors virtually disappeared and I had the unexpected benefit of my anxiety almost disappearing as well. I haven't had any side effects that give me problems
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Nov 3, 2010 (Started Oct 02, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for tremor(s))
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 30 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks
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