MAXALT Reviews (RIZATRIPTAN BENZOATE)

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MAXALT  (RIZATRIPTAN BENZOATE):  Rizatriptan 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. Rizatriptan 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. Rizatriptan does not prevent future migraines or lessen how often you get migraine attacks.   FDA Approval Date: 1998-06-29 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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DATE ADDED
 
 5  migraine Sometimes when my migraine is severe i take a second maxalt and i feel really tired and a bit sluggish the next day apart from that no real side effects Maxalt has really been a life saver for me after suffering with with bad migraines for many years and frequently up to 3 a week sometimes this medication really works for me and lets me work and live allot more normal life. M 43 2 years
10 MG 3X W
2/6/2017
 5  Migraines Frequent Urination. Cold Nose. Drowsiness. Heavy limbs. F 23 10 years
10 mg 1X AN
9/20/2016
 5  Unrelenting vicious migraines 4 day Increased urination as migraine desists, then horrible bone ache throuhout body, esp spine, fluid shift from peripheral to central. There is nothing else that remotely touches the pain, and if taken promptly, I will avoid having to take anti-nausea supp. For there is nothing so helpless as when the projectile vomiting begins. F 66 10 years
6/30/2016
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 5  Severe migraines It makes me a little sleepy. But that's fine. It helps to sleep headache off. F 50 1 years
10 -20 MG
3/6/2016
 5  Cluster headaches Slightly drowsy but worth it I take Maxalt generic (Rizact from India) as soon as I feel the onset of early symptoms (light headed, feel warm, sinuses drain) and it aborts the cluster. taking it after the cluster is in full pain mode does not work. then I take imitrex inject M 47 7 days
2 x 10mg 1X day
2/25/2016
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 5  Migraine headaches Sleepiness Best drug on the market for my migraines F 56 1 days
30 mg
1/28/2016
 5  Chronic acute rmigraines With brand Maxalt I had no side effects. It melted quickly, had a decent, minty, taste and worked amazing, if taken as prescribed, at the very onset of migraine. I'm STUCK with the generic now and I hate it. The taste is awful and it takes much longer to melt and work. When I have nausea, with my migraine, the foul taste makes me gag. F 47 5 years
10 mg
1/23/2016
 5  Disabling migraine Groggy, bad taste in mouth, dry mouth, visual disturbance and photophobia up to 24 hours after migraine, hyper sensitive to smell, change to colour and smell of urine, foul body odour, hangover type feeling for 18-30 hours after migraine clears. ***i have experienced frightening serotonin syndrome symptoms almost immediately after taking MAXALT when cluster migraines have caused me to miss a dose of SSRI meds*** It clears my migraines better than anything else. If I can take it immediately my pre migraine symptoms occur, no side effects and only mild migraine develops and clears within 60 minutes. If taking MAXALT once migraine symptoms have begun, it takes around 2 hours to clear and puts me to sleep for about 40 mins:but I awake without the severe pain. MAXALT is a godsend for me. At best other treatments only reduce the pain by about half, and shorten migraine duration to around 24 hours. The side effects are worth it - except for the serotonin syndrome which is scary; I now keep a dosette box so I can check whether the SSRI has been administered: and if not, I take it with the MAXALT. F 49 1 years
2X day
8/31/2015
 5  Migraines Mild diarrhea occurs the following day. Upset stomach is worse if I take maxalt more than one day in a row. Occasional tightening of the throat or jaw sensation, but doesn't last as long as it did with other medications. Have previously taken Imitrex and relpax ,the maxalt melt tablets work faster and more effectively for me with less side effects. Allows me to function and get back to my life instead of dropping everything and going to bed. F 30 2 years
10 mg
7/5/2015
 5  Migraines, Auras, Numbness Tired, Anxious, scatter brained. (Worth it) Suffered from Migraines for 25 years and this is the first med to ever help. I have tried several including vitamins and diet to prevent. If i take this at Aura onset, there will never be a headache. I still get numbness. M 41 3 years
30mg 1X day
7/4/2015
 5  Chronic migraines for 43 years As many, I have tried most migraine medication to no prevail until I was prescribed maxalt. As a child I was hospitalized with chronic migraines and ad I got older 100% of the time a mrgraine ended me in ER. Since using maxalt, if taken during the first few minutes when vision starts to go fuzzy I can head of most of the horrific systems. I still feel a dull localized pressure and incapacitated for the remainder of the day. I 100% fall asleep and not able to do anything visually maxalt hsd changed my life. I would be violently ill for several day before maxalt and by the next day I function fine but feeling like I have a severe neurological event. I feel a bit slower in thinking and response time and physically a bit fatigued. I can't operate in florescent lighting and I try to keep down stimulus. I have tried the generic, however was NOT successful. I just won't ever think of walking out my door without maxalt radially available. F 53 10 years
10mg
7/1/2015
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 5  Chronic Migraines Fatigue, feeling like I'm in a daze, frequent urination, I always sneeze approx 30min after taking it. The sneezing didn't start for several years after I started taking it. Maxalt has been a lifesaver to me! I've had migraines every since I was 16. Without this medication I don't know where I'd be. I'll take the side effects any day to not feel the pain of a migraine. F 34 14 years
10 MG 1X AN
1/8/2015
 5  Migraines It does taste pretty bad, but it usually takes care of the headaches in 15-20 minutes. I've tried almost all of the other migraine medications, and Maxalt is the only one that works without making me feel sick. F 29 10 years
10mg
6/15/2014
 5  Migraine a little groggy, heaviness in arms, very frequent urination It's the only thing that works for me when a migraine is really bad F 40 5 years
10 mg 1X AN
5/26/2014
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 5  I had migraines for 30 years. Absolutely none! F 62 5 years
10 mg
4/27/2014
 5  Chronic Migranes Fatigue, Dizziness, memory loss I've taken many migrane medications. This one works 95% of the time. Very expensive but worth it. My prescription only allows 12 pills per month.. Most times I do run out early. F 25 5 years
10MG 3X W
4/6/2014
 5  occular and cluster migraines some chest and neck tightness, a little drowsy. I LOVE THIS medicine!!! I have had migraines for as long as I can remember. Imitrex helped, but the choking sensation and neck discomfort was almost unbearable. Maxalt MLT works so good, it has given me my quality of life back. My migraines are not menstrual related, they are related to barometric pressure changes though. I dont know what I would do without this medicine. It is wonderful. F 46
10 mg MLT 1X day
4/8/2013
 5  migraines drowsiness, dizziness, inability to concentrate for about 2 hours after taking I took my first ever dose of Maxalt tonight for a migraine with associated light sensitivity, neck pain, nausea. Within 35 minutes my pain was 95% gone, although I did become very sleepy and felt "drugged", which wasn't ideal since I was at work. Most sleepiness was gone in about 2 hours, completely resolved by 4 hours after the dose. LOVE that this alleviated the pain so quickly as my headaches normally last about 3 days. F 39 1 days
10 1X AN
4/4/2013
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 5  Migraine I used to wait until I was sure it was a migraine but now at the onset I take 1/2 of a maxalt-mlt if not backing off I take more. I don't get as sleepy that way. Still feel something odd at the back of my throat but that's tolerable F 50 2 years
10 mg
2/14/2013
 5  Migraine Slight fatigue although I think it is a result of severe head pain being removed rather than a side affect of the medication. This medication has been a God-send! I have no side affects and can take it a work. It has worked every time I take it. No other medication has worked for my migraines than this one. I have tried many others with no relief whatsoever. Unfortunately it is very expensive and my insurance only covers a part. I pay about $10 a pill. But I would be willing to pay $100 a pill for for something that cures my migraine like Maxalt does. I've taken it off and on for over 10 years and it has always worked. F 49 10 years
10 Mg 1X M
12/3/2012
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MAXALT  (RIZATRIPTAN BENZOATE):  Rizatriptan 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. Rizatriptan 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. Rizatriptan does not prevent future migraines or lessen how often you get migraine attacks.   FDA Approval Date: 1998-06-29 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

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