Headache

HELP! Is there truly no way to get western pain medications here? I took Esgic (butalbital) for tension and cluster headaches but didn't realize the issues getting it prescribed here. Any suggestions? Not going back to the states until June, so any suggestions would be helpful! Sorry I just have noticed this thread and you are probably now in the USA. But for anyone else that this may help I thought I would post this. I realise we shouldn't take tablets unless you speak to your doctor but by all means go and suggest these and see what he says and if they could benefit you. For many many years I suffered, every month, around my period, with severe headaches. I would get them for about 3 days constant. The only way i found relief was to sleep but I would still wake up with them. Sometimes they would be so bad I would feel sick. In UK and Ireland I was prescribed numerous tablets and in the end I seriously felt like a guinea ***. Most of these tablets had bad side effects and nothing seemed to work. Then one day I saw a German doctor in Dublin he was certain he could prescribe something that would help. Obviously I was very sceptical but as usual willing to try. He prescribed for me " INDERAL" tablets, 80mg. Now over here they don't appear to do the 80mg tablet. The closest I could get was 40mg. He also told me to take Panadol Extra with these as these contain caffeine. So basically I take 2 Inderal, only once a day. as they are a slow release tablet and then 2 Pandol Extra. If I catch the headache before it starts to feel like it is exploding then I don't need anything else at all. If throughout the day i still get the odd headache I can ONLY take Panadol Extra. Obviously no more than safety amounts allow. I have never looked back at all. Yes I still get the odd headache but I obviously now can catch it on the offset and now never need more than the Inderal and the 2 Panadol and the headache is gone. please go and speak to your GP obviously before taking these but suggest these to make sure you'll be ok with them. They seriously work for me and I carry them with me all the time just incase. I wouldn't usually suggest medication to anyone but chat to your GP first. If i can help someone get relief then that can't be a bad thing. I know how bad and miserable these headaches are. GOOD LUCK. xxx