anyone have experience with Zonergan for migraines?

[mmc51264, BSN, MSN, RN]

a friend from church has been prescribed this and I told her to do some deep research. Sounds a little scary with a LOT of side effects. I have seen her suffer through horrible migraines and hope, for her sake it works, but it worries me.

TIA

[JustBeachyNurse, LPN]

Here:

Zonisamide for migraine prophylaxis in patients refractory to topiramate. - PubMed - NCBI

Zonegran or Zonisamide and Epilepsy, Migraine, Neuropathic Pain, and Weight Loss

http://jdc.jefferson.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1009&context=neurologyfp