didgens Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 Sorry I Havn't been around for a bit .. this may have been posted already. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/capnia-and-clinvest-partner-to-develop-cluster-headache-therapeutic-2015-01-06 Quote
Bejeeber Posted January 9, 2015 Posted January 9, 2015 I hadn't seen it - thanks Didgens. I don't have a clue at the moment as to what nasal CO2 technology is..... :-? Quote
CHfather Posted January 9, 2015 Posted January 9, 2015 Interesting, didg, and thank you. I worry that there's not a happy explanation for your recent absence, but I hope I'm wrong. From 2005: >>A device that sends pressurized carbon dioxide up one nostril and out the other -- without being inhaled -- appears to rapidly abort migraine pain, researchers reported. In controlled studies, nearly 30% of patients suffering from migraine attacks were pain-free within two hours of initial treatment with the CO2 device.<< This doesn't seem like a particularly good result, does it??? "Rapidly?" I don't think so. http://www.medpagetoday.com/Neurology/Migraines/1817 The company that's proposing to test this for CH, Capnia, had to cancel its migraine clinical trial because of "low enrollment and lack of funding for study." https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01253915 The CH clinical trial, in which some folks will get a placebo while others get the "real thing," doesn't seem to have been scheduled yet. I was amazed that there were people courageous and public-spirited enough to do that maybe-getting-the-placebo thing with that vagus never stimulator clinical trial; seems like it might be even harder to get folks to sign up for this one. Quote
didgens Posted January 9, 2015 Author Posted January 9, 2015 Hi CHf ,, thanks .. no I was on vacation (happy explanation) for a couple weeks. we actually are getting continued good news on the hubby front,, chemo continues to shrink his tumors so we do as Dori says ,, " Just keep swimming. " My sons CH's have been quiet. We are getting more rain here in So Cal then I have seen in a few years. Am wondering how the spring (with increased pollen rates ?) may or may not affect his cycle. I hope all is well (as can be) with you and yours !? Quote
didgens Posted January 9, 2015 Author Posted January 9, 2015 it does seem odd that CO2 would abort CH ,, that kinda the opposite of standard O2 treatment huh ?? bizarre .. as for rapid maybe migraine suffers who have their headaches for days at a time feel 2 hours is rapid oh well ,, it was kind of encouraging to see a company trying to "Bring Light" to the CH problem ,,, maybe just not the right companies !? Quote
CHfather Posted January 9, 2015 Posted January 9, 2015 we actually are getting continued good news on the hubby front,, chemo continues to shrink his tumors  GREAT to hear this! My sons CH's have been quiet.   This, too! Quote
spiny Posted January 9, 2015 Posted January 9, 2015 didgens, I am so happy for you!!! [smiley=tekst-toppie.gif] You must be a rock of granite. Wait, diamond!!!! Hugs! Quote
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