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Interesting thread, indeed. Not impressed with the name, I must say. I mean, if you are trying to make it NOT sound like snake oil, 'Jesus Shot' is not the best choice (in my humble opinion). I know nothing about Doc Mike, but I can easily picture him standing on an upturned milk crate, stem of wheat between his lips, at the county fair offering this stuff to passers by. "Step right up folks and try my magic elixir, which I like to call the Jesus Shot! It will stop your headaches in their tracks and all your problems will melt away. All at the low, low price of $300!" And then, in a low and quiet voice, speaking very rapidly, "side affects may include, muscle weakness, problems with your vision, severe depression, shortness of breath, rapid weight gain, seizures, confusion, acne, sleep problems, loss of hair....." Sorry, that is probably unfair of me, but over the years I've read about so many 'miracle cures for cluster headaches' I've lost count. Like the optician that swears his specially tinted glasses can cure clusters. *rolls eyes* I know what it is to be desperate for a cure, even a temporary cure. As someone whose been chronic for 10 years, I even took Topiramate for a year, and had it totally screw up my mind & vision and put me on the brink of suicide, to try and stop the pain. I get it, I really do. But please, I would encourage everyone to who is thinking of taking this Jesus Shot to do your research first. Start by reading the side affects for the 2 main ingredients: Dexamethasone: https://www.drugs.com/dexamethasone.html Kenalog: https://www.drugs.com/kenalog.html If you're not prepared to deal with these side affects (they should add hair loss to the list) then walk away. Because apart from buying the hope that it'll stop the clusters, you ARE buying at least some of the side affects listed. I'm not trying to be negative, but am encouraging everyone to get all the facts. I would do no less than this if I were buying a new car, let alone having someone put a needle in my arm. Heck, I do at least this much research when buying a new waffle iron! Lastly, it would be nice to see some professionally collected data on the people who've tried this, along side a control group. A double-blind study would be the bees knees! I really liked how razorPP kept us posted of his results after getting the shot, and would like to see more data along these lines instead of 2nd hand reports. Would love to know more about the side affects razor experienced too. If you're going to make this drug more popular, then I would advise doing this: (again, just my opinion here) - rename it to something that sounds legit, e.g. Dexalog 12 - get first hand reports, complete with frequency of clusters before receiving the shot, and time period of pain-freeness - keep a complete list of everyone who has received the shot, and how it affected them and if they are chronic or episodic - If episodic, when in their cycle did they get the shot? - a complete list of the side affects everyone experienced, and for how long. Did they eventually recover from these (e.g. did the hair grow back) - get verification from another doctor and a separate set of patients or carry out a double-blind study I'm sorry to harp on about the name, but to someone who lives in England, where the entire world does not revolve around Jesus, it is REALLY off putting. What if Doc Mike worked in the Middle East, and called it the Muhammad Shot, do you think it would go down well in America? "The great Prophet Muhammad spoke to me in a dream and told me that combining these 3 drugs would cure cluster headaches." Because, you know, that doesn't make this Doc Mike sound like a quack AT ALL. MG