ZOMIG Reviews (ZOLMITRIPTAN)Average Rating: 4.2 (266 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ZOMIG with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ZOMIG | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | severe recurrent migraines | Had problems with the ordinary tablets due to Lactose allergy - often not very sucessful at helping the migraines. "Zomig Rapimelt" have made such a difference - they are fantastic! I can often carry on with what I am doing within 15-30 minutes rather than having to resort to a dark room! They are much more effective, work quicker and easier to take too. (Zomig Tablets - a few years, Zomig Rapimelt - 5 months) | 5 months | 2/5/2002 | 5 | Migraine | M | 30 days | 1/8/2008 | 5 | Migraine | GENERIC ZOMIG DOES NOT WORK | Get the BRANDED ZOMIG ONLY | 5 years | 7/17/2016 | 4 | migraine | frequent urination, dry mouth, tighteness and pain in throat. I had no side effects until 2.5 yrs. Side effects get worse with often usage. | but definitly zomig makes migraine go away in 30-45min. The sooner I take, early it works. | 5 years | 3/8/2006 | 3 | migraine headaches | Tightness in muscle of the neck and shoulders. Joint pain and skin sensitivity. Sore throat. Hot flashes. | This medication took my migraine away after about 1 hour and with sleep. However, the side effects still made it difficult to function throughout the day. I can deal w/ the drowsiness, but everything else makes the medication almost unworthy of its effectiveness. | F | 3 months | 6/18/2007 | 4 | Severe migraines | I have always been sensitive to medications and have side effects. Zomig is the best I've tried and I have tried A LOT. Migraine lessens after 30 minutes, disappears in an hour. I get extremely sensitive skin (hurts to touch scalp, brush hair, body feels over sensational) my throat tightens and I get a burning in my neck. Not altogether unpleasant. It does make me sleepy and feel like not moving whatsoever. | Overall very happy with this. When none of my medications work, this makes it all better. | F | 17 | 2 months | 11/5/2014 | 1 | Acute, Chronic headaches | extreme muscle soreness, bad joint pain, bad taste in throught, jaw hurt when chewing, head doesnt work right | 2nd worst medicine I have ever been on. I had severe headaches every day for a month strait, and then I started taking this. After I took one, I had to lay down, and became totally disfunctional, in a large amount of pain, and I have a good pain tolerance. The headaches went away, but I was in so much pain I didnt notice half the time. The real problem however, is that I stopped taking them, but the very bad side effects are coming back slowly, exactly like they were when I took it before. It has been about 2 weeks since Ive takin one, and now the side effects of it are almost back full force. Has this happened to anyone else? | M | 17 | 2 months | 4/8/2009 | 1 | ocular migraines | I have only taken this medication once. I was out with my friends and got a migraine so I took it and I immedately passed out. My friends tell me that I would twitch, whine, and clutch my head when I was asleep. When I finally woke up my face was extremely teneder and tight, my jaw didn't really work, and my thoat was completely sore. It felt like I was being choked. I didn't remember anything for about two hours before I passed out either. It was a really scarry expeirience | I have never read about anything like this happening to anybody else before, but it really scared me. | F | 17 | 1 days | 4/23/2005 | 1 | Migraine | Dizziness, temporary loss of vision, difficulty breathing. | My doctor gave Zomig to me when I was 14 to try, after I had been having migraines for two months straight.I took Zomig once and the side effects made me unwilling to take it again. My throat started to constrict and my vision went black I was exceedingly dizzy and tired and was unable to breathe properly. As bad as the migraines are, and I still get them frequently, I am not willing to subject myself to the side effects of Zomig. | F | 17 | 1 days 5MG 1X day | 9/17/2011 | 5 | lots of sex | F | 18 | 3 years | 1/4/2006 | 3 | Migraine | I will nevER take again. Immediately my body began feeling hot and I felt queasy and an hour later my jaw was entirely numb and heavy and my throat felt tight and hard to swallow. I found the throbbing went away but was replaced by a firey headache. Almost went to the ER it was so scary I suggest Trying a Different migraine treatment before zomig | F | 18 | 1 days 5mg | 5/12/2012 | 3 | Migraines | Swelling of fingers, feet and face. Feeling of being bruised - primarily on legs and arms, muscular stiffness and weakness. | Drug works well to take away migraine- but side effects are pretty bad. | F | 18 | 4 months | 3/31/2009 | 4 | Chronic migraines | Slight dizziness, slurred speech, burning sensation in the face. | Zomig helps my migraines a lot- usually the pain has almost completely disappeared in about 20-45 minutes. The side effects I notice aren't very bad. Slight dizziness that comes and goes over the course of about 2 hours after taking the drug, and for about a half hour, my speech is somewhat slowed down and slurred (which doesn't really bother me personally, and it goes away.) The only side effect that concerned me was a tingling, burning sensation on the skin of my face, almost like a sunburn, which lasts quite a while. But overall, I'd say the results are worth putting up with the side effects. | F | 19 | 4 months | 5/21/2005 | 3 | Severe Migraines | I can feel the pulse in my head and hands, and my jaw/face feels tingly and numb, makes me feel like I just want to clench my teeth together. Soreness of the eyes. Throat is tightening up substantially. | M | 19 | 1 days 5mg | 5/12/2014 | 2 | Hemiplegic Migraines | sore jaw, temporary feeling of being very hot | The first one I took (orally disintegrating kind) seemed to really help my migraine within a half hour and it didnt make me tired but I took a nap anyways. When I woke up, I was in more pain than Ive been in in several months. I took the second one and it did nothing for the migraine. Ended up taking several vicodin to help curb the pain- still not working. overall, very frustrating experience. | F | 20 | 1 days | 4/25/2007 | 5 | Severe Migraines | Joint pain especially in the jaw. | It was amazing in the beginning no more migraines that lasted for days. It worked fast. I loved that it dissolved in my mouth because i would often get nausea with my migraines. then I started having to take 2 pills for it to work. Then eventually it completely stopped working. Now on Frova (which has some HORRIBLE side effects) I miss my Zomig :( Stay on it for as long as you can. | F | 21 | 3 years | 2/7/2007 | 4 | migraines | tight chest, shortness of breath, sore throat, sore muscles, dry mouth, drowsiness, and hot flashes | Zomig makes my migraines go away in 5 minutes which is wonderful but the side effects are annoying but worth it to me. | F | 21 | 1 years | 6/7/2007 | 5 | Frequent migraines | drowsiness, sometimes tightness in chest/shoulders | I get really bad migraines (last for 2+ days, with vomiting, etc.) but zomig is AMAZING. It works within 30-60 minutes, whenever I take it (whether it's towards the beginning or middle of the migraine); the migraine is completely gone. Sometimes the side effects are annoying because I get so tired that I feel like I'm going to collapse, but it's nothing compared to the pain of the migraine. | F | 22 | 2 years | 12/24/2005 | 5 | Migraines | Tightness in jaw and neck. Skin becomes very tender and sensitive to touch. Fatigue. Jaw becomes very sensitive to drinks and food. | Works very well. Usually alleviates migraines in 20 mins. Has reduced ER visits by about 95%. Excellent. | F | 22 | 1 months | 3/22/2004 | 5 | Migraines | Fatigue, frequent urination, definite jaw/mouth sensitivity for an hour or two after taking dissolvable pill. Other times it may cause muscle aches/soreness the next day - and if I take it before bed or in the middle of the night, it can give me some very strange dreams. The thing about the side effects is that sometimes I'll take the Zomig and I'll have very minimal/barely noticable side effects ... and other times I'll take it and get hit with a strong fatigue/sensitive throat/malaise that just makes me want to sleep all day. The stronger side effects don't happen as often as the more minimal side effect times. | Zomig ZMT (dissolvable pill) works the best for me out of any of the triptans. It has truly been a lifesaver. It does come with side effects, but I would take ANY of them over a migraine, no questions asked! I hate the taste of the dissolvable pill - which can be difficult to ingest when you're already nauseous. However, the ZMT version works better for me than the regular pill. I feel relief within an hour. I drink a lot of water or else I can get constipated while taking Zomig. If I have a very severe migraine, I'll try to take it easy/be mellow while the Zomig goes to work. I've woken up in the middle of the night before with a severe, side-splitting migraine at its height - taken a Zomig, managed to get back to sleep, and woken up completely pain free. | F | 22 | 5 years | 8/18/2005 |
ZOMIG (ZOLMITRIPTAN): Zolmitriptan 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. Zolmitriptan 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. Zolmitriptan does not prevent future migraines or lessen how often you get migraine attacks. FDA Approval Date: 1997-11-25 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)