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 |
| 5 | severe migraines with N/V | tiredness, frequent urination, when I take the injectable it seems like it may get a little more intense but only last for a couple minutes then it is gone. I love this medication. It saved my life! | I have been on Imitrex since it first came out in the early 90's. There was only the injectable then. Now I can get the injectable in vials, which I prefer 100% more than the loader. I just buy the diabetic syringes & inject it in my butt, towards the side. I only take the injectable when I wake up with a migraine. It will wake me up out of a dead sleep and then I start vomiting due to the pain of the migraine. The injectable works for me 100% of the time. Before Imitrex came out I was always in the hospital getting shots of Demerol or Morphine. I even wrote a letter to the pharmaceutical company praising them. I do have to admit I am sad that now I have to get the generic. I Love this medication. It is a medical miracle. | F | 54 | 23 years 50 1X day | 10/1/2015 | 5 | migraine | none | i can only use the brand name, not the generic | F | 63 | 23 years 50 mg 1X AN | 9/18/2016 | 5 | Migraine | Slight tightness in throat/chest. Frequent urination. Slightly bruised feeling all over skin. | F | 50 | 20 years 100MG 1X AN | 3/29/2016 | 5 | migraines | Takes my headache away within 15-20 minutes. GONE! I feel a little dizzy sometimes after injection, but I just rest for a few minutes and I know my migraine will be gone. Lifesaver for me. | F | 20 years 1X M | 12/1/2014 | 5 | Cluster Headache | The only side effect I experienced was with the imitrex injections. I was having 5 clusters a day and was using to many injections. The imitrex injections was causing more headaches from using too much. I have had no side effects of the imitrex pills. However because it is cluster headaches the pills only work if I take them before I go to sleep. That way I prevent the headache before it comes on. The cluster becomes full blown in ten minutes but it takes the pill twenty minutes to work so the only way for the pill to work is to take it before I go to sleep. | I have had cluster headaches since I was a teenager. They come along every year and a half to two years. They last three weeks to six months. During the cluster period I have them every night and sometimes during the day. My insurance will only cover the imitrex injections or the pills every twenty four days. I get two shots or nine pills every twenty four days. The rest of the time I have to deal with the pain. Any suggestions are welcome. | F | 53 | 20 years | 6/3/2009 | 5 | Migraine | Sleepiness, mild anxiety, occasional increase in pain before relief. Relieves 99% of my migraines with far less side effects than Maxalt. | Been taking for 15+ years with great results. Miracle drug for migraine sufferers if you don't have the cardiac or other bad side effects. Hope increased age doesn't make side effects worse for Imitrex, it has for Maxalt to the point of discontinuation. | M | 40 | 20 years | 7/15/2007 | 5 | migraines | At first tingling in my nose that went away after about 15 minutes. Lately, past 6 months or so I am feeling (or imagining that I feel) more of a tightness in my chest. I am 56 and am starting to worry about heart damage and side effects. Other than that, no side effects. | I have tried over a dozen drugs, including topomax twice. I now take imipramine and zonicimide which have cut the frequency down but am still getting migraines. BEWARE of cutting pills in half and taking more than you are supposed to. I did that and had rebound headaches and it was 6-9 months of horror getting weaned from it. No imitrex at all for that time, was in the ER 24 times for shots and the Dr.'s office for shots also to get me through it. Try and find a teaching hospital. I found help at the University of Pittsburgh. | F | 56 | 20 years 100 mg 2X W | 3/31/2011 | 5 | cluster migraines | Sometime I get dizzy when I get the whoosh feeling when the drug starts to work. Sometimes a little nausea. | This is the only drug that can completely stop these headaches. I get cluster migraines so severe, that they will come every 4 to 5 hours. I am 47 and spent the first 20 yrs of my life having to just endure these headaches until they went away. This drug saved my life because I could not take the pain anymore. | M | 47 | 20 years 100 4X day | 5/16/2011 | 5 | Migraines | Seems to take away most migraines. Shot is better for existing migraine. I have suspected my aching hip joints at times are related to my injections of imitrex. Lately my eyes seem overly sensitive to light and my eyes also seem to be feeling kind of strange. Hard to explain. I have wondered if it has something to do with the long term use of Imitrex? | I have to admit that Imitrex has been great for taking away my migraines. I just worry about long term use since it probably has unintentional side effects. Not unlike most drugs. | M | 44 | 20 years 50mg 1X W | 10/4/2011 | 5 | chronic migraines | I have been using imitrex injection before it was even legal in the USA, per my neurologist recommendation. To this day I am still using either the tablets or the injection, and I still am having a problem trying to load the pen. Sometimes it will load real easy but that is on rare days! Or it will get partially loaded and then when I pull the pen out the medication box it goes shooting across the room and the last but not least the syringe will load into the pen but it isn't plunged down enough and the syringe will just be in the pen. There has to be some other way to load this. It is bad enough when I have a migraine and I can't see my head is pounding and then I have to fight trying to get the damn thing loaded! The medication is great for getting rid of my migraines. It is just the way it has to be loaded. Please someone out there find a new way to load this much needed drug! Thank you | F | 54 | 20 years 0.6mg 2X day | 12/9/2011 | 5 | hormonal migraines | No side effects at all - just took the pain away and made life worth living for me. Can't believe all these negative comments. | F | 70 | 20 years 50 mg 3X M | 3/23/2012 | 5 | Migraines | Tightening in Chest, Heart Burn, Joint and Muscle Pain, fatigue. | Started out approximately 20 years ago with the Injections and then after 11 or 12 years started with the 100mg pill form. Imitrex has definately done the job it was created to do. Takes about 40 mins and all headache pain is gone. I can deal with the other symptoms that are normally gone the next day. However, I have noticed as I get older, the symptoms have intensified somewhat. But still my nomination for best Migraine Meds | F | 20 years 100mg 1X day | 7/27/2012 | 5 | migraines | drowziness | F | 50 | 20 years 50 MG 1X AN | 2/22/2013 | 4 | Migraine without aura | stiffness and tenderness in neck and shoulders | I started taking imitrex when the frequency of my migraines was every 3-6 weeks but they are more frequent now (about once per week). | F | 62 | 20 years 50mg 1X W | 6/26/2012 | 4 | Migraine headache | tightening of jaw, muscle aches similar to flu, lethargy, dizziness upon rising | I have taken Imitrex for over 20 years with great success. However in the past 3 years the side effects have become as much of a problem as the migraine. If I take Imitrex to treat the migraine I literally spend the day in bed with muscle weakness and lightheadedness. | F | 57 | 20 years | 6/30/2006 | 3 | migraine | Some generic imitrex causes me to be very sick, nausea, dizziness, weakness. Others are fine. Always have throat tightening, but not too bad. Makes headache a little worse till it goes away about 3 hours later. | People who experience a severe worsening of headache do not have a dilated headache to start with and should not be taking sumatriptan. They may have a vascular spasm migraine. It feels the same, but is made better by getting the arteries to relax instead of tighten up as imitrex causes. I get both kinds of migraine, have to determine which kind of headache I have, then if a spasm one, I take the herb and seasoning, Rosemary. It will dilate your arteries, is anti-inflammatory. Will stop an aura cold and no migraine after sometimes. | F | 45 | 20 years 50 mg. 1X AN | 10/31/2013 | 5 | Migraines | Sensitive fingertips, drowsiness, achiness | Like many here, I started taking Imitrex when it first came out and it gave me my life back. Prior to Imitrex, I would try anything to get rid of a migraine... megadoses of aspirin worked best (13 ultra-buffered tablets seemed to be my lucky number) but the ringing in my ears told me this was not a good thing really. After I bought my first Imitrex kit but before using it, the first death associated with Imitrex was reported and my mom kindly mailed the news story to me... :] Thanks, mom. I worked in a hospital, so at the next migraine I took my kit up to the ER and injected myself there, *just in case.* I didn't die, the migraine melted away in 10 minutes or so (!!!!), and I was well pleased. I have tried the inhaler... *** hated it. *** Injections work the fastest. Tablets work best if I catch the headache early, but if one doesn't work I will use an injection to save my day. Also my insurance company has switched to generic which is working for me just as well as brand name. Rarely do the migraines come back after a shot (only happens the day before period begins on some cycles). Did get to the point where headaches were nearly daily, and have been on generic Topamax daily so the headaches are less than a few a week now on average. I am hopeful that menopause will shut them down, as happened with my mom. | F | 48 | 18 years | 12/29/2009 | 5 | Migraines | Initially with the injection, I would get stiffness or tightness in my neck. Sometimes stomach discomfort. I've taken the pills for years now and the side effects have been nausea if I waited to long and the headache was really bad. When it starts to work the headache briefly intensifies and then it starts to dissipate...Usually good in an hour. | Before this Imitrex I would take Fiornnal or get DH45 shots. Nothing really worked and I wished I was dead. I had to leave work almost every week in 1992 due to multiple headaches lasting for days. I too worry about the long term use and my age. | F | 52 | 18 years 50 MG 1X day | 8/3/2011 | 5 | Horrible migraines (family history) | Great for years, but now worried :( Soon after the injection came out in the '90s my doctor wanted me to try it (in my 30s then) I went to the office and he did the injection & kept me there for an hour or so to watch. I remember feeling warm and a light pressure, and "flowing" toward my head, and after a while the pain went away. I Felt a little out of it and loopy. Used the injection on a regular basis - life changing - a 24 - 48 hour migraine was reduced to 2 - 4 hours of resting after imitrex injection. Sometimes the headache would not respond to the sumatriptan, so i would go to the family doctor and get a shot of demerol and try to sleep it off. When the pills started coming out would use them, depended on the severity of hte migraine - injection always worked best, but hated doing it, so would try pills if mild migraine. If instantly severe migraine or one when waking, would always do the injection. Over the years, also tried maxalt (didnt work as well as | Worked great for years but now worried about contraindications with heart at age of 45...working with multiple doctors | F | 45 | 18 years 25, 100 2X M | 11/25/2010 | 5 | Migraines | At first, 18 years ago, I did experience a funny feeling in my head, like someone was squeezing it and a tightness in my chest.But that all went away after awhile. I have no side affects now and havent for many years. | Have had these migraines since I was around 10 years and I am 53 now. I took TONS of OTC drugs with no help and just suffered terribly. Ruined alot of days that should have been good. Then,eventually, imitrex came out and I still get alot of migraines, even now at 53, but imitrex allows my bad days to be to where I can function and for that I am ever so grateful. I wont go anywhere without my imitrex. Its next to my bed, in my purse etc. I just had an EKG done recently and my heart is good and I have not had any side affects of taking imitrex all these years. For those of us who suffer from this curse, we all do what we have too for relief and my relief comes from Imitrex. I can use half a pill at times, but when its a BAD one, I do have to take the whole 100 mg. | F | 53 | 18 years 100mg 1X AN | 8/18/2010 |
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)