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Welcome to the community Willy!! Sorry you had the need to join us! Good to see that you have O2!! I'd suggest that you clue your doc in on the sumatriptin (imitrex).......for the vast majority of clusterheads the pills just don't work fast enough.....the imitrex nasal sprays work a bit better, but if you have to resort to the use of trex, the best option by far is injections. The best thing you can do in my opinion is read up on the anti inflammatory vitamin D3 regimen in our files section......you can start on it immediately once you have acquired all of the co factors but you will need to have some bloodwork done to establish your baseline levels.......we've watched this regimen work in folks life with ch for closing in on 10 years.....works well for about 75 to 80% of folks to either reduce the frequency and intensity of their hits or become painfree!! The originator of the regimen, Batch, is active on the forum so ask any questions you might have and someone will have an answer! The last option is busting and you'll also find extensive info on that in the clusterbusters files or the share your busting stories section of the forum. Dallas Denny

Hey Ali, Great question and I understand your concerns. For starters, the anti-inflammatory regimen is very safe. With well over 2000 CHers taking it there have been no reports of adverse events requiring medical attention and no reports of vitamin D3 intoxication/toxicity since I started posting about the efficacy of the anti-inflammatory regimen in December of 2011. Moreover, this regimen is so safe and so important for good health, I've had my entire family taking it for nearly 7 years and none of them have CH. My daughter and niece took this regimen at 10,000 IU/day vitamin D3 through their pregnancies. The net results are I have three grand babies who were bathed in maternal vitamin D3 since conception through breastfeeding. Once done with breastfeeding, they get a vitamin D3 dose of 50 IU per pound of body weight per day. These three kids have had a remarkable physical and neuromotor rate development. All three are budding Einsteins with incredible intellectual development. More importantly, they all have T-Rex immune systems and don't get sick. The oldest, Fred, a.k.a., Winefred was speaking fluent German (Hochdeutsch) at age 2 and she just completed kindergarten at a public school in Heidelburg, Germany. You can download a copy of the anti-inflammatory regimen CH and MH preventative treatment protocol at the following VitaminDWiki link: http://www.vitamindwiki.com/tiki-download_wiki_attachment.php?attId=7708 Regarding vitamin D3 injections, I don't have any first-hand data on the efficacy of this method of vitamin D3 application, but there was a study assessing the effectiveness of 300,000 IU vitamin D3 as an IM injection compared to 300,000 IU vitamin D3 taken orally. The researchers found that both treatment regimens significantly increased vitamin D blood levels. Vitamin D status at 3 months was significantly higher in oral than in the injection group, with levels at 36 and 23.5 ng/ml respectively (p=0.03). At 6 months, levels were similar (20.8 and 24.8 ng/ml respectively). Hope this helps. Take care and please keep us posted as you start this regimen. We gain important information in feedback reports from CHers like you. V/R, Batch