Pulmonary Embolism Support Group

You mention that you medicine has helped in the past.
What has your doctor prescribed?

I have migraines and I am on coumadin for life.
My doctor has given me permission to take ibuprofen
(which is usually contraindicated with coumadin).
I, of course, can't advise you to do the same.
But I can suggest that you ask your doctor.
Extra strength tylenol is safe with coumadin but usually won't help a severe headache/migraine.
I also have a prescription for hydrocodone.

I would talk to my doc and have a plan before the next headache hits.

Hang in there.

i take Imitrex injections but hasn't helped this time like you said Tylenol dosn't help and hydrocodone usually gives me headaches. so that isn't really an oppion i am thinking about going to the ER but my husband is out of town and i have three young kids so if they give me something i might not even be able to take it

ER might not be a bad idea. I had to go in shortly after my PE because my right arm was numb, and wasn't going away. Anyway, while there I told them I had been having mild headaches for the last couple days and they pretty much insisted I get a CT scan of the brain at that point. So, what I'm trying to say is that I think you have very good reason to go in and if nothing else maybe the peace of mind will help the headache go away.

I am in the hospital now and the doctor gives me tylenol and ibprofen. If the headaches are so serve that medicine is not working my doctor told me to call and when i go home come back in o be checked just in case.

I had a terrible headache a few weeks ago and nothing would touch it. My doc said it was ok to take Maxalt (my migraine med) but it didn't help. I ended up in the er with a CT scan (they did this as a precaution because of the coumadin, to be sure I didn't have bleeding on the brain) and it was negative. Morpheine wouldn't touch my headache. I ended up taking Dilaudid which finally got rid of it. Don't be afraid to get the medicine you need, but talk to your doctor first. I let myself be miserable for almost ten days because I was scared to take anything even if my doc said I could.

I've had a headache for 4 weeks. The only thing that seems to lessen it is oxycodone, but my doctor is anti-narcotics. I had a CT head scan in the hospital last week, and it came up negative, so I don't know what would help you. (I'm severly allergic to imitrex).