Guest guest Posted December 5, 2001 Report Share Posted December 5, 2001 I ahve tried taking benadryl for the itching with the pain meds and it doesnt really help. I still icth. They have tried me on all kinds of narcotic and they all make me itch....really really bad. The only one that doesnt make me itch is demerol, but it isnt very effective in pill form?? Do you know of other antihistamines that might work better???? Or any other suggestion as to what I should do...my headache is going on 11 weeks now and I am reaydy to keep taking tyleonl unti this pain goes away. On accident I took to many a few weeks ago..not for suicide...I was just desperate to get the pain to go away. I am going ot see a new gyno in Madison which is 3 hours away because they have told me i have really low estrogen and that can cuase headaches....but not sure how i can hang on until then....thanks for the help!!! =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2001 Report Share Posted December 5, 2001 I ahve tried taking benadryl for the itching with the pain meds and it doesnt really help. I still icth. They have tried me on all kinds of narcotic and they all make me itch....really really bad. The only one that doesnt make me itch is demerol, but it isnt very effective in pill form?? Do you know of other antihistamines that might work better???? Or any other suggestion as to what I should do...my headache is going on 11 weeks now and I am reaydy to keep taking tyleonl unti this pain goes away. On accident I took to many a few weeks ago..not for suicide...I was just desperate to get the pain to go away. I am going ot see a new gyno in Madison which is 3 hours away because they have told me i have really low estrogen and that can cuase headaches....but not sure how i can hang on until then....thanks for the help!!! =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2001 Report Share Posted December 5, 2001 I ahve tried taking benadryl for the itching with the pain meds and it doesnt really help. I still icth. They have tried me on all kinds of narcotic and they all make me itch....really really bad. The only one that doesnt make me itch is demerol, but it isnt very effective in pill form?? Do you know of other antihistamines that might work better???? Or any other suggestion as to what I should do...my headache is going on 11 weeks now and I am reaydy to keep taking tyleonl unti this pain goes away. On accident I took to many a few weeks ago..not for suicide...I was just desperate to get the pain to go away. I am going ot see a new gyno in Madison which is 3 hours away because they have told me i have really low estrogen and that can cuase headaches....but not sure how i can hang on until then....thanks for the help!!! =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2001 Report Share Posted December 5, 2001 Are you on the Pill? If I go off the pill I get migraines...you might ask them to put you on the pill as it will probably help. Anne Re: Digest Number 1066 I ahve tried taking benadryl for the itching with the pain meds and it doesnt really help. I still icth. They have tried me on all kinds of narcotic and they all make me itch....really really bad. The only one that doesnt make me itch is demerol, but it isnt very effective in pill form?? Do you know of other antihistamines that might work better???? Or any other suggestion as to what I should do...my headache is going on 11 weeks now and I am reaydy to keep taking tyleonl unti this pain goes away. On accident I took to many a few weeks ago..not for suicide...I was just desperate to get the pain to go away. I am going ot see a new gyno in Madison which is 3 hours away because they have told me i have really low estrogen and that can cuase headaches....but not sure how i can hang on until then....thanks for the help!!! =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2001 Report Share Posted December 6, 2001 Irene, What kind of drug was itthat you took of your husbands to stop the itching???? Nothing is working for me....benadryl helps a little, but not enough....... thansk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2001 Report Share Posted December 6, 2001 Hello, obviously the headache is not going away! You really need to find out why! Could it possibly be a migraine? It's hard to say without knowing your age or anything but if you are going through menapause there is such a thing as menapausal migraines, you mentioned low estrogen so I thought possible that could be it.On the other hand if you arent for what ever reason it needs to be checked why keep suffering? I get migraines and they aren't fun by any means so please go see a neurologist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2001 Report Share Posted December 6, 2001 << Do you know of other antihistamines that might work better???? >> My husband was given this medication after his knee replacement when he had a lot of trouble with itching. I also had some problems and Benadryl would not work. I told my doctor about the medication called HydroxyzineHCI. It is probably a generic but you might try asking your doctor about it. Take care, Irene Books may well be the only true magic Alice Hoffman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2001 Report Share Posted December 6, 2001 << Do you know of other antihistamines that might work better???? >> My husband was given this medication after his knee replacement when he had a lot of trouble with itching. I also had some problems and Benadryl would not work. I told my doctor about the medication called HydroxyzineHCI. It is probably a generic but you might try asking your doctor about it. Take care, Irene Books may well be the only true magic Alice Hoffman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2001 Report Share Posted December 6, 2001 << Do you know of other antihistamines that might work better???? >> My husband was given this medication after his knee replacement when he had a lot of trouble with itching. I also had some problems and Benadryl would not work. I told my doctor about the medication called HydroxyzineHCI. It is probably a generic but you might try asking your doctor about it. Take care, Irene Books may well be the only true magic Alice Hoffman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2001 Report Share Posted December 7, 2001 << What kind of drug was itthat you took of your husbands to stop the itching???? Nothing is working for me....benadryl helps a little, but not enough....... thansk >> It is Hydroxyzine HCI. It is 25 mgs, and it is the generic name for Atarax. It helped him a lot and when my doctor told me that I could also take it my itching went down and went away. It still comes back now and again but I take one of the pills and it goes away. You can take 4 tablets a day and it may make you sleepy. Take care, Irene Books may well be the only true magic Alice Hoffman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2001 Report Share Posted December 7, 2001 << What kind of drug was itthat you took of your husbands to stop the itching???? Nothing is working for me....benadryl helps a little, but not enough....... thansk >> It is Hydroxyzine HCI. It is 25 mgs, and it is the generic name for Atarax. It helped him a lot and when my doctor told me that I could also take it my itching went down and went away. It still comes back now and again but I take one of the pills and it goes away. You can take 4 tablets a day and it may make you sleepy. Take care, Irene Books may well be the only true magic Alice Hoffman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2001 Report Share Posted December 7, 2001 << What kind of drug was itthat you took of your husbands to stop the itching???? Nothing is working for me....benadryl helps a little, but not enough....... thansk >> It is Hydroxyzine HCI. It is 25 mgs, and it is the generic name for Atarax. It helped him a lot and when my doctor told me that I could also take it my itching went down and went away. It still comes back now and again but I take one of the pills and it goes away. You can take 4 tablets a day and it may make you sleepy. Take care, Irene Books may well be the only true magic Alice Hoffman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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