MAXALT Reviews (RIZATRIPTAN BENZOATE)Average Rating: 4.0 (314 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare MAXALT with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR MAXALT | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Migraine | Slightly spaced out. No go in me. | Not sure if it's right for me but it does relieve the pain. | F | 69 | 0 weeks 10mg 3X AN | 11/10/2022 | 3 | Migraines | A severe burning sensation and headache | I cannot get the burning to stop! | F | 13 | 1 days 5 MG | 8/22/2016 | 3 | Migraines | I take the generic Maxalt and although it does take migraine away, Im always scared of taking it cause of side effects. Chest and throat tightness, trouble swallowing, stomach burns, half my body feels heavy and slight numbness on half of face | I only take this if I really really can't take headache anymore because I hate the side effects of Maxalt. Also, takes a good 1 hr to start working | F | 38 | 4 months 10mg | 4/10/2016 | 3 | Migraines for 17 yrs | I usually take one Maxalt, and then wait about 2 hours and have to take another | Maxalt has been working for me (generally speaking)...but I usually have to take two in order to get relief. My legs and arms feel heavy afterwards and I am unable to drive. I thought that the reason for these quick acting migraine meds is so that you can resume a normal life after a migraine attack? I haven't found one that doesn't leave me incredibly dizzy and tired, therefore requiring that I take the day off of work anyway. I feel very achy all over, kind of like how you feel before you get the flu. I felt the same with Relpax, only worse. Imitrex also. | F | 36 | 1 days not sure | 6/29/2015 | 3 | Chronic migraines | Always: drowsiness and clumsiness, varying degrees Usually: Moderate/severe tingling/burning sensation in my nose, forehead, and scalp (skin hurts to touch); decrease in mental acuity. | I've had migraines for approximately 10 years, but as I have gotten older, they have gotten much more frequent and painful. After getting an ulcer taking only Excedrin for the pain, I tried both Imitrex and Maxalt. I prefer the Maxalt mainly for the reason that the Imitrex would always give me the tingling sensation, and the Maxalt only will about 65-75% of the time. However, I also see a pattern in myself of the medication only getting rid of the migraine 75% of the time; 20% it will dull it but not erase it, and 5% it doesn't touch it. I'm critical, but I do think this is a really good medication. My biggest issue is the burning, which I know not all people experience. | F | 25 | 1 years 10MG 1X day | 6/17/2013 | 3 | migraine | I get quite confused after I take it, and am easily agitated. It gets rid of the pain, though not as quickly as I'd like, and I still have a very strong smell sensitivity after taking it, which is one of my worst migraine symptoms (other than pain). While I do take it to get rid of pain, I'm hoping to switch to something else, because the MaxAlt leaves me as unable to work as a migraine does. | I once took it several hours after using alcohol--big mistake. I was completely confused and hallucinating. It did fix the headache, though... | M | 36 | 8 months 10 mg 1X AN | 2/25/2013 | 3 | Migraine with aura | It got rid of my aura, but never got rid of the headache. I had migraine hangover everyone I took it. I don't like this medication at all anymore because now I no longer get the aura and it makes the pain worse. The only things that work for me now are narcotics. | F | 15 | 3 years | 9/6/2012 | 3 | Migraine | The side effects depend on when I take the drug in relation to the state of my migraine. If I take the drug immediately at the on-set of a migraine, it typically eliminates the pain within 20 minutes with minimal fatigue. I am not always able to take the medication within this fashion. The onset of my migraines are quick...first symptoms to full blown pain within 10 minutes...therefore, if I take the medication once the pain is severe, then it may take an hour or more for the pain to subside. If the pain does not subside after an hour, I typically take a second Maxalt. Side effects of the drug, when taken in this fashion, include fatigue and trouble focusing. I am also plagued with feelings of lethargy for several hours after taking the medication. | F | 33 | 12 years 10 MG 1X AN | 4/9/2011 | 3 | Migraine | Extreme tightening in my throat, painful to swallow, "drunken" feeling, weak limbs, inability to lift myself easily when i went to lay down because this drug made me so fatigued. my headache disappeared but it made me sleep for five hours(from 1-5) i never sleep during the day. was drowsy and somewhat confused for a while after i woke up. | F | 20 | 1 days 10 MG 1X day | 1/9/2011 | 3 | Migraine | Depression. Extreme exhaustion. | About an hour after I took this, I started feeling very depressed. Slept for almost 24 hours. Depression lasted a few days. Migraine reduced to a dull ache initially, but returned the next day. Not worth it ... | F | 37 | 1 days 10MG 1X day | 11/4/2010 | 3 | general and premenstrual migraines | The third time I took this medication I experienced an intense tightening of the jaw and arms. I also felt sleepy. These symptoms were completely gone about 3 hours later. | Maxalt did help relieve my headache when taken with some other over the counter pain killers. The first two times I took Maxalt I went straight to bed so I did not notice these side affects. I would not take this medication at work again (where I took it the third time)! Based on my experience I'd say it is a good medication to take if you are able to rest for approx. 2-3 hours after intake. | F | 25 | 3 days 10 mg 1X AN | 8/18/2010 | 3 | migraine headache | throat/esophagus tightness, frequent urination | today was my first time taking Maxalt for a migraine headache. I have taken Fioricet in the past with relief and no adverse side effects. My doctor prescribed Maxalt 2 weeks ago and this was the first headache since. Within the first hour I experienced frequent urination ( felt as if I had taken a diuretic). The headache did go away almost completly within 1-2 hours, but my throat and esophagus felt like something was stuck in it, even now over 12 hours later, i still have this uncomfortable sensation. I do not think that I will take it again; reading about too many scary side effects. | F | 44 | | 11/28/2008 | 3 | menstral migraines | tight chest, dizziness and nausea. | does not work very well. my headaches are bad and last at least 5 days starting sometime within the first couple days of my period. maxalt can take the edge off so i can function somewhat but if i take it at the first sign of headache it just delays the headache and the headache still gets me at night and i wake up with it in full swing the next day. Once in full swing the maxalt only takes the edge off a bit. if i take a second dose an hour after an apparently ineffective first dose, then i get high blood pressure and terribly spacey although the pain subsides a bit. | F | 51 | 1 years | 2/7/2008 | 3 | Migraine | I didn't like it really...I took it and a couple of hours later I had a kind of severe short term memory loss as well as drowsiness followed by a disoriented state of being. It did take the migraine away, it just scared me with the side effects in doing so. | I've seen where a lot of other users have complained about the whole memory loss thing, so that might just be something to look into before taking it. | M | 18 | 1 days | 11/20/2007 | 3 | migraine | Sleepy, dizzy and heavy chest for a couple of days. I have suddenly developed extremely high blood pressure and my cardiologist suggested Maxalt was the culprit. He said relief from my migraine was "not worth dying for" so I no longer take it. Too bad because now I face up to two days in bed again. | Monitor b/p on this drug please. | F | 59 | 8 months | 10/25/2007 | 3 | Migraine | Strangely, I had a brief two-three minute episode where everything I said resonated in my head as if it were an echo. General fatigue and relaxation. | This medication, orally disolving tab, worked but not as quickly as Imitrex. It took nearly an hour for the relief. I'll try the regular pill and see if there is a difference. | F | 37 | 1 days | 9/12/2007 | 3 | Migraine | Depends on what other drugs I've taken, sometimes sleepy, tired, mentally dulled; I experienced serotonin syndrome when I used it with nortriptyline. It always makes my blood pressure go up, but that time it went up to 212/130. You should be very careful what drugs you take with triptans. | For me any of the triptans just delay the headache. If I have a bad migraine and I absolutely have to be somewhere, then I'll take a Maxalt, and it almost always works, but 24 hours later the headache is back and worse than before. Seems like I have to have my 2-3 days of migraine regardless. | F | 61 | | 9/10/2007 | 3 | Migraine | None for 5 years with hit and miss pain relief results. Use Imitrex mainly, Maxalt as backup when out. Within last year noticed increase in headache pain before relief, sometimes very severe. Feelings of being very disconnected, sense of something very bad happening until migraine breaks. Last few months Maxalt produces bad anxiety with feeling of impending doom with same hit and miss pain relief. | Stopping medication as side effects have overtaken migraine, which is a monumental statement considering my migraine pain. 40 years old now and am concerned side effects are due to long term use (suffering since early 20's) and probably narrowing arteries from being the McDonald's generation. Imitrex does not produce such profound side effects and is much more effective. | M | 40 | 10 years | 7/15/2007 | 3 | Migraine | tiredness, overall body pain-like my whole body was bruised, my husband reached over me to grab a pillow and where he touched me it hurt | Imitrex didn't work but Maxalt seems to. It doesn't always make the migraine go completely away but it doesn't seem so severe. Last night was the first time I felt this all over pain. That's why I ended up on this site. I was wondering if anyone else had experienced this. It's kinda scary. | F | 31 | 6 months | 7/10/2007 | 3 | Migraine headaches | Drowsiness, light-headedness, nausea, frequent urination, mental impairment, memory loss, tingling in fingers and toes, sunburn like feeling to skin. | This medication alleviated the migraine about an hour after taking but it returned 10-12 hours later and required more doses. Due to flu like symptoms the first hour required bed rest. It also caused frequent urination for the first two hours. The memory loss, mental impairment and tingling in the fingers and toes lasted for days. Although this product did ease the migraine pain the side effects were frightening. I have taken Imitrex in the past with unsatisfactory results. It’s time to try something else. | F | 52 | 7 times | 5/19/2007 |