I decided to stop Ajovy too

January 14, 2019

I’ve given myself an injection of Ajovy in November and December with some improvement and without constipation which I had from Aimovig. However, Ajovy did not prevent all of my migraines, especially those caused by red wine, (I received some nice red wine over the holidays) and I still had to take sumatriptan (Imitrex).

This is not at all surprising; I always tell my patients that even the most effective treatment is not 100% effective – with enough triggers migraine will still occur. It is possible that with continued use of Ajovy my migraines would progressively get better, but my headaches are quickly and completely relieved by sumatriptan. Sumatriptan has a 25 year safety record and for over 10 years has been available without a prescription in most European countries (you may want to read my post on the daily use of triptans – it is by far the most popular with over 250 comments).

My next self-experiment is to try to prevent migraines with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). We are about to begin a double-blind sham-controlled study and I will describe it in in an upcoming post.

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Alexander Mauskop, MD
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