migraine prevention
"I am 42 years old.  I've dealt with migraines for 9 years.  I recently had to stop taking the birth control pill with estrogen due to blood clots.  Almost immediately upon discontinuing the pill - my migraines became severe.  I had one every day for 3 weeks.  I was taking an Imitrex every day (not good).  I tried beta blockers and other medicines that had way too many side effects.  Then I started taking  Verapamil 120 mg ER once a day.  It took a couple of weeks for the Verapamil to start working...but it did!  The migraines stopped.  Verapamil did lower my blood pressure a little and my ankles would sometimes swell.  However - it stopped my migraines!"