IMITREX Reviews (SUMATRIPTAN SUCCINATE)Average Rating: 3.6 (599 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare IMITREX with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR IMITREX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Migraine | Over a year ago, after the first morning pee, I discovered that the bowl was a deep brownish red. Scared the hell out of me. Had scans to determine why and found no cancer in bladder nor kidney issues or stones. Fast forward to this morning and finding reddish urine again only this time I was able to note that I had taken 100mg of sumatriptan last night. Looked up side effects and of course in the rare category was “bloody urine”. Most likely the same cause of the blood 18 mo ago. After the first morning pee the blood is now gone. | On top of the urine issue - I found that this medication took awhile to calm my Migraine. I have returned to using Relpax which did not give me side effects at all but insurance had denied me due to cost. However a generic version is now available. | F | 54 | 1 days 100 | 12/12/2019 | 1 | Cluster migraines | Just started this medication again in the past I would take half a pill so the side effects wouldn’t last as long. After 10 mins of taking this medication my migraine increases in severity, I get dizzy and extremely nauseous. I also get a mild stomach ache and my neck feels stiff. | F | 23 | 1 days 100MG | 7/31/2018 | 1 | Experiencing burning and chest pain | Chest pain, burning in throat,bruising pain on both arms, migraine has increased, short of breath,feeling anxiety due to pain and shortness of breath. Definitely not a good medication. Ralpax is the best and only migraine medication I will ever take. It's a miracle pill and does not give me these horrible side effects. | Ralpax is better. Feel like im going to die on sumatriptan. Never taking this ever again | F | 38 | 2 days 100 mg | 11/11/2017 | 1 | Migraine | Burning of my nose, tightness of jaw, feels like a weight is sitting on my head and my shoulders are heavy. | I would not recommended this medication and I will not take it again! It's getting thrown out! I feel like my I got water in my nose and my head is so heavy... I will stay sitting on the couch until I feel normal again. | F | 24 | 1 days 100 | 9/1/2016 | 1 | Migraine | Horrible heavy feeling on my shoulders and neck, this intense burning sensation all over my head and down my neck and shoulders, extreme anxiety and the feeling like i was having a heart attack. | I worked out after I took an imitrex because the migraine felt better and I hadn't worked out yet today, and after I finished I started getting these horrible burning sensations and my heart rate sky rocketed, it still hasn't gone away and I took the imitrex almost three hours ago. It's weird because the nasal spray imitrex works great for me but I always have these nasty side effects from the pill. | M | 19 | 4 weeks | 2/22/2016 | 1 | Migraine x 5 days. | Tightness and squeezing in chest, shoulders, neck and jaw that was unbearable and seemed to last forever. Also had itchy face, irritability, flushing and could not sit still. Only experienced mild relief if any. | It was not for me! | F | 32 | 1 times 100mg | 2/18/2016 | 1 | Migraine | Dizzy, hot, heavy, sleepy, unbalanced, loss of consciousness, extremely low blood pressure. | I don't remember the dosage I had since it was long time ago, but this medication almost killed me. I remember my body feeling hot and very heavy. I was very dizzy and tired and didn't have the energy to keep myself standing or sitting up. I laid down and my roommate called an ambulance when she couldn't wake me up. I woke up just before the ambulance pulled into the hospital drive feeling disoriented and confused. If I remember right I was only treated with oxygen but I was told that I was very lucky to be alive. Apparently the pill I took was in milligrams but the shot that was on order was in grams. I was told by the doctor that when the paramedics first checked me my blood pressure was almost non existent and that if I had taken the shot I would be dead. This experience has made me nervous of taking any new medication, so I always make sure someone is with me the first time I take a new medication. | F | 46 | 1 days 1X day | 2/4/2016 | 1 | Migraine | I took one pill for a migraine. Within a half hour I became very dizzy and lightheaded. I soon began to have neck pressure as if my neck would explode! My head was still pounding and along with the neck pressure I could hardly function. I also felt like I was going to vomit, but never did. This drug seemed to make my vision even worse. It took slung two hours for this terrible feeling to wear off and the headache finally subsided. It was back within a few hours. The worst part is that this drug made my heart arrhythmia go insane. I've had an ablation done on my heart and my arrhythmia was pretty much u der control until I took imitrex. It made my heart skip every their beat for about an hour and made me short of breath and dizzy. I definitely do not recommend this drug. | I am never taking this horrible drug again. It is deadly. | F | 50 | 1 days 100 mg | 1/18/2016 | 1 | Migraine | Severe head pain, spine and shoulder pain, elevated BP, jaw pain, facial numbness, possible hallucination, and dizziness | Felt like my head was going to EXPLODE for at least 30 minutes. And for the next couple hours my headache was worse than it started. BP went up to 130/90 (normal 110/80). I took the second pill and the headache only thing that got better was light and sound sensitivity. The head throbbing was still there. Then a few hours later the headache was back full force. And I Felt like my spine and shoulders were being ripped from my body. That was probably a hallucination but that's how it felt. | F | 39 | 1 weeks 100mg | 1/5/2016 | 1 | Migraines | High blood pressure, dizzy, nasea, rapid heart beat | I know people who take this and love it. Unfortunately, it didn't help my headache and made me very sick. I considered going to the hospital because I was afraid I was having a heart attack. Be careful, not every medication is designed for everyone! | M | 31 | 1 times | 1/1/2016 | 1 | For migraine | Made me vomit, dizzy, blurred vision, made my migraine worst, feels like my forehead to my neck is hot but I have no fever. | I will NOT recemend this drug! | F | 42 | 1 months 50mg | 12/14/2015 | 1 | Migraines | Nausea, vomiting, tightness in chest , pain in neck .. high blood pressure | Made me very sick. Made my migraine worse and I didn't think that possible. Started vomiting, made my stomach upset. Pain and tightness in chest, pain in neck and arm . My blood pressure shot up to 168/110... Took several hours before I started feeling better and for my blood pressure to come back down | F | 40 | 2 days 100 MG 1X day | 12/1/2015 | 1 | Migraine | I got stiffness in my neck and jaw and about 15 minutes after it start the pain my neck got worse. I have a son and I can't take it around him with all the side effects. I would choose to hurt before taking that. | F | 19 | 1 years | 11/2/2015 | 1 | Migraine | Heaviness of head and severe tingling sensation down entire spinal collumn. Not at all a pleasant experience. | F | 19 | 6 days | 10/25/2015 | 1 | Migraines | I could feel the individual chambers of my heart beating and had a general awareness of the flow of my blood flowing through all of my veins and arteries. I could literally feel the blood flow through my body up my arms and legs to my heart and from my heart back to my arms and legs. It was a terrifying sensation accompanied with extreme anxiety. I was worried that I was dying. I could feel and hear my blood flowing. Eventually I fell asleep for 10 hours and woke without the migrane but with a generally groggy and stunted mental awareness and extreme physical exhaustion that lasted several days. | I would NEVER recommend taking this medication. The side effects were just too frightening. I was switched to Frova which had no side effects for me. | F | 40 | 3 times 25 MG | 7/2/2015 | 1 | Chronic Migraines | Thought at first it was great because my migraines stopped. One hour in my neck, shoulders, and jaw were causing so much pain I thought I had meningitis again. Can't bend my neck after immatrex. Worth trying if you have migraines. You may be one of the fortunate ones that experience no side effects. | F | 30 | 4 days 100mg | 4/26/2015 | 1 | migraine | Burning behind neck as though blood rushing out of neck. Upper -left back muscles and shoulder aches, sometimes mild stabbing feeling. Back neck mild pain, like burning that lasts about a couple days or more. Numbness down left arm and weakness. Mild Wheezing. Took Rx for 1 year before figuring out that these symptoms occur when I take the rx. They increased slowly in intensity over the course of the year. | Don' take it. Fibromalagyia type symptoms. I don't have this but I thought I did before I began testing this product to see if the symptoms would arise, and they certainly did. I cut my pill in half to 25 mg to see if the symptoms subsided, but they didn't. They worked wonders on my occasional migraines but not worth the scarey symptoms. | F | 49 | 1 days 50 mg 1X M | 11/23/2014 | 1 | Migraine | My whole body especially my arms, neck, head, shoulders and upper back just felt HEAVY. I could not stand or barely sit up strait. I had to slouch and lay down. It is 3:10pm here. I took it at 1:00pm... I'm only starting to feel a little better now- but I feel worse that I did when I first took this pill- would NOT revomend | F | 20 | 1 days 50mg | 11/18/2014 | 1 | Migraines | I've had two heart attacks from Imitrex, the first one was while I was driving to the vet, I had taken 25mgs of Imitrex ten mins. before I started driving and then experienced extreme pain in my chest and ended up in ER. My blood pressure went up to 200 over 90 and the ambulance driver said you are having a heart attack. By the time I got to hospital I was feeling a bit better but they kept me for 5 hours and then released me. i followed up with additional tests but the the doctor never gave me a definite diagnosis why this happened. Five years later I was seeing a neurologist and had taken a prescribed cocktail of 50 mgs. of Imitrex and a nausea medication and I had a massive heart attack and ended up in the ER and Cardiac unit for four days. This happened withing 10-15 mins. of taking the drug. I had extreme pain in my chest , trouble breathing and a strange feeling in my arms. I had every test and scan possible and my arteries are completely clean, in other words no plaque. | Please don't take this drug, why it is still on the market is a mystery to me. It's about the money. I almost died and I'm a very healthy person.I hope I can save a life by posting this information! | F | 57 | 10 years 50 mgs 1X day | 6/21/2014 | 1 | cluster headache | Dizziness, chest and neck tightness, loss of power in legs and no feeling in right leg, stabbing pains in stomach, neck and back, unable to swallow or breath properly and foaming at the mouth but the worst side effect of all is that this tablet caused dystonia (rare movement disorder) | I would never advise people to take this tablet. i took this tablet when i was 13 I am now 16 with my dystonia becoming worse everyday | F | 16 | 1 days 100mg 1X day | 2/18/2014 |
IMITREX (SUMATRIPTAN SUCCINATE): Sumatriptan is used to treat migraines. It helps to relieve headache, pain, and other migraine symptoms (including nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to light/sound). Prompt treatment helps you return to your normal routine and may decrease your need for other pain medications. Sumatriptan belongs to a class of drugs known as triptans. It affects a certain natural substance (serotonin) that causes narrowing of blood vessels in the brain. It may also relieve pain by affecting certain nerves in the brain. Sumatriptan does not prevent future migraines or lessen how often you get migraine attacks. FDA Approval Date: 1996-12-23 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)