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Headaches, Chronic Condition. Taking Tophamax, Neck Pain, Jaw Stiffness, Joint Pain. Treatment?

A few weeks ago I went to a neurologist because I was getting constant bad headaces that wouldn t go away. My doctor put me on the medicine Tophamax because he seemed to think it was chronic migraines. But ever since going on the medicine, My head has still been hurting, my neck/jaw having been stiff and hurting,I m having a hard time swallowing certain things, all of my joints hurt very bad and I have shortness of breath. Could all of this be from the Tophamax? Should I stop taking it? or could be something else?
Sat, 8 Sep 2012
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Dear getagrip14
Here we have incomplete information about the type of headache e.g. its site on the scalp, what are the associated symptoms so its difficult to establish the type of headache with this information but one thing is sure that tophamax i.e. topiramate is not causing the rest of the symptoms that you have described. As your neck and jaw are stiff kindly get ENT surgeon and a dental surgeon opinion to r/o a local cause like TM joint problem. And if your headache is not relieved kindly go back to your neurologist and bring to his notice that the drug is not effective. Hope this helps you.
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Headaches, Chronic Condition. Taking Tophamax, Neck Pain, Jaw Stiffness, Joint Pain. Treatment?

Dear getagrip14 Here we have incomplete information about the type of headache e.g. its site on the scalp, what are the associated symptoms so its difficult to establish the type of headache with this information but one thing is sure that tophamax i.e. topiramate is not causing the rest of the symptoms that you have described. As your neck and jaw are stiff kindly get ENT surgeon and a dental surgeon opinion to r/o a local cause like TM joint problem. And if your headache is not relieved kindly go back to your neurologist and bring to his notice that the drug is not effective. Hope this helps you.