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 |
| 3 | Migraines | Tightening in the neck and shoulders. Very disturbing soreness in my throat that seemed to get worse each time I took it. | Strange side effects... it made me worry about what was being affected that I couldn't feel. 1 100mg pill worked on my most severe headaches though. | F | 36 | 6 months 100mg 1X AN | 5/3/2010 | 5 | Migraine headache | Just a bit light headed. | This is a MIRACLE drug!!!! I have experienced migraines since I was a teen and didn't I couldn't believe how well it worked. No drowsiness, just relief!!!! I started out with 25 mg., went to 50 and now 100, but sometimes I can cut one in half and it stilldoes the job. I am so thankful to have discovered this medication. It is my only relief. I don't have a migraine every month, but when I do, they usually last 2-3 days. | F | 57 | 13 years 100 mg. 1X M | 5/2/2010 | 5 | migraines | sore throat, sore body, feels like i fell down a hill! | Imitrex is the ONLY medication ive found to get rid of migraines. Ive suffered from migraines since i was a kid, and I'm 22 now. I take it as a last resort. it WILL NOT WORK if it's just a regular headache, must be a migraine!!! i found it only works effectively if you lay down and rest for at least 1/2 hour after you take it. If you take it and continue to be in a loud/hectic setting without resting, it will not be as effective. I get a few side effects, mainly soreness. My throat will hurt and my whole body feels as if i rolled down a hill! hahaha but that is nOTHING compared to the migraines I get. It has been a lifesaver for me. I don't care that it's like $18/pill, it makes me live a normal life. | F | 22 | 6 years 100 mg 1X AN | 4/20/2010 | 4 | Migraine | Well to start off I took this before work, not knowing of the side effects. Got to work early, so I just sat down for about a half hour. Started to get a pain in the back and sides of my neck, which I thought was just a normal stiff neck. Then I started to get dizzy, and really tired. It felt like I was high. Started to get really hot. Then about an hour later it felt as if I had an allergic reaction to something, and it was difficult to swallow. It did help my migraine though, it went away as soon as I started getting these side effects. Very, Very, Very strange side effects. | I will continue using this medication, unless I am going to work. Which in that case, I will just have to suffer. | M | 18 | 100MG 2X W | 4/19/2010 | 3 | Migraines | Took a pill and my migraine was gone within half an hour. Half an hour after the back of my neck really started to hurt. About 40 minutes after that, my whole right arm and fingers went numb/tingly. Soon after that the right side of my neck and face went numb/tingly. My tongue felt slightly numb/tingly as well. It lasted about 15 minutes and now Im left with neck pain again and kind of a "high" feeling. | The first time I took this pill I felt incredibly tired. I also have a back that is out of alignment.. so I feel that most of my problems come from that. I am going to try alt. supplements (magnesium) and save the Imitrex for a last resort thing. Def. not to crazy about the numb face tho! lol | F | 23 | 2 days 50 1X day | 3/20/2010 | 3 | Migraine | 1st time: extreme nausea & dizziness. Just as debilitating as the migraine. 2nd time: entire body felt extremely heavy, especially limbs. Very tired and dizzy. Felt like the room was moving. I'm sure I took it too late as it had no effect on the migraine. 3rd time: got rid of the pain but still had a "migraine hangover". 4th time: took it before bed and woke up with no migraine - yay! 5th time: had no effect on migraine but no side effects either. | I have suffered from migraines for at least 10 years and have finally decided to seek help. I've only taken this 5 times and it's my first attempt at prescription meds for migraines. I'm not satisfied with the results so far and will be attempting something else. Such is the life of one who suffers with migraines, yes? I rated it a 3 because it's certainly better than nothing. If I'm able to sleep after taking it, it's better. However, I am not always able to do that - it still puts me out of commission which is not an option. It was incredibly expensive for me - $10 a pill! I felt as if it wasn't treating the migraine but postponing the systems as I've actually had more migraines with taking it. | F | 28 | 1 months 100mg 1X AN | 3/11/2010 | 5 | Cluster Headaches | The first few times experienced a tingling feeling all over my body, and felt as if I was being grabbed by the throat. However, I now only feel a brief tingling feeling and most times are able to return to normal activities within a few minutes. | As a cluster headache patient--misdiagnosed for over 12 years--I say God Bless sumatriptan injections. I've been getting cluster headaches since I was 19 or 20 years old serving in the US Army. Each cluster headache cycle comes back every 1.5 to 2 years like clockwork and they last from 3 to 6 weeks. I used to scream, cry, be in a total state of desperation, rolled on floor holding my head and back of my neck, take a fetal position in a hot shower while kicking and humming, jump to a cool pool after the hot shower and then go back to the shower...its not called suicide headaches for anything. I get 3 to 4 episodes a day during a cycle. My neurologist allows me to take up to 3 a day. I start counting in my mind as soon as I take the shot and sometimes I have not reached 60 and feel the cluster going away...sometimes I make it to 200 or 300...but I feel almost immediate relief. Against my neurologist indications I have frequently taken that extra shot when I have had 4-episodes days. The pain is just unbearable so I take my chances. In short, Imitrex and now the generic sumatriptan 6mg Statdose, have given my life back to me when I am in a cluster headache cycle. (only wish we could finally have a law to prohibit insurance companies to cover what they want to cover. Each 2-injection kit goes for around $200, and my insurance company only covers 4 a month (8 injections). The rest I have to pay from my pocket. The system is messed up when a doctor believes a patient needs X amoun | M | 36 | 5 years 6mg inject 3X day | 3/6/2010 | 5 | migraines | increased urination, metallic taste in mouth | Migraines began 4 months before (generic) Imitrex was prescribed and had progressed until nearly continuous. First dose was like pushing a reset button - I went from fetal tuck to dinner with the family in half an hour. After that initial migraine pattern, I've fallen into a more classic "couple times a month" pattern, and my response to the medication is always rapid and rejuvenating. I use all medicine including this one sparingly and only when I can't first fend off a migraine with bed rest and isolation. I had one migraine recently that three doses didn't fix (I ended up just riding that one out), and am hoping that's an anomaly. Because of a provider change I'll be trying Maxalt soon, but would consider switching back if Imitrex turns out to be more effective for me. | M | 47 | 18 months 25 2X M | 3/6/2010 | 5 | Headaches every night | None | It's changed my life. They say you can't have a migraine every day and you can't split the pill in half. I don't know if my headaches are migraines or not, all I know is I wake up every single night, in the middle of the night, with a headache. Imitrex is the only medication that works. My insurance co refused to pay for taking it every night so I started cutting the pill in half and found that half the dose will work (you do what you have to do to live a halfway normal life.) I've tried almost every other remedy and medication that's out there including topomax, chiropractors, acupuncture, anti-depressants, and nothing but Imitrex has worked. | F | 47 | 1 years 100 1X day | 3/3/2010 | 4 | DAILY MIGRAINES | I always yawn and get sleepy after taking Imitrex and have some blurred vision but it usually takes away the migraine so thats good for me. I only had to take another dose one time. | I feel a little funny, kina like I'm in the twilight zone! | F | 30 | 2 years 100MG 1X day | 3/3/2010 | 5 | migraine | As the headache goes away, my scalp is tender. | Imitrex gave me my life back. I experience extreme anxiety with my migraines, which makes it hard to relax, and I'm sure that makes the pain worse. I have often been convinced I was minutes from death because the pain was so awful. I have several headaches a month and sometimes several in a week. I thank God for the researchers who discovered sumatriptan. I also thank God for Costco, who charges less for my entire prescription than my grocery pharmacy charges for a single pill. | F | 50 | 8 years 100mg 1X AN | 2/27/2010 | 3 | migraines | Full almost tingling in back of neck, very thirsty, tired, difficulty swallowing. | Took away my migraine, but almost not worth the side effects. This is the second time I've tried it. I usually take maxalt, but as my husband just got laid off I no longer have insurance.I can't afford 9 maxalt for $200. I CAN afford 9 imitrex (generic version) for $40. Luckily since I've been taking nortriptilene for almost a year, I'm down to about one migraine a month. So I'll take the side effects over the pain. Narcotics stopped working as pain relief for me years ago! | F | 33 | 2 times 50 mg 1X AN | 2/20/2010 | 2 | Migraines | Tingling through shoulder up neck to head. Increased nausea, vomiting and dizziness about 15-20 minutes after taking medication. | Migraine does eventually go away, but I hate the feelings that I have to go through after taking it. I rather just try to "sleep it off", if possible. I will never take it again. | F | 35 | 6 months 100 1X AN | 2/16/2010 | 5 | migraine headaches | None | Imitrex has helped me more than any of the other migraine drugs I have tried.If I can take the medicine as soon as I feel a headache coming on I can usually get total relief within an hour.Sometimes I don't get it in time and then nothing helps. I have not had any side effects but I am always aware of the potential for it and try not to take too much of this or any medicine. | F | 55 | 15 years 25 mg 1X M | 2/11/2010 | 3 | Migraine | Anxiety, racing heart, jittery, "weird feeling" | The medicine works great for headaches. My migraines are gone about an hour after taking them. The side effects (for me) are severe. I have read other posters saying that people "exaggerate" about this medication's side effects; I just think the medicine is different for everyone. Everyone responds to it differetly. For me, I have symptoms resembling a heart attack/panic attack for several hours after taking the medication. The side effects tend to interfere with my daily life, but to a much lesser extent than the migraine did. The medicine is worth it for me, but only sparingly. | F | 23 | 5 months 1X AN | 2/9/2010 | 4 | 20+ years history of migraine | I take the 100 mg pill. 15-20 minutes later: tightness in neck and shoulders, difficulty swallowing, and a weird feeling I can only describe as "nausea in my spine." I know it sounds weird--Sorry! This lasts for maybe a couple of hours. The only symptom that remains after that is a flu-like fatigue that can last for a day. | I used to go to the ER for demerol and/or took narcotic painkillers. Or I would just suffer through 2-3 days of packing my head in ice and avoiding light and sound. I can usually catch my symptoms early enough that the Imitrex actually stops the migraine. This has been GREAT. | F | 49 | 1 years | 1/25/2010 | 5 | migraines | nothing bothersome--a little sensitive to hot water, tired for a very short time | This is a miracle drug!!! If you have true-blue migraines, it will work, and it feels like a warm blanket covering your head and taking the pain away. Before Imitrex I had to go to the ER for morphine or demerol. I can control it myself with Imitrex. I have tried all the triptans, and they all work--but Imitrex seems to work best for me with the least side effects. I sure wish the insurance companies will someday realize that 9 pills a month just isn't enough for some of us w/migraines, and a trip to the ER is going to cost them alot more than extra Imitrex pills a month! | F | 37 | 4 years | 1/15/2010 | 5 | common migraine | Brief increase in pain, sleepiness, occasional bruise at site of injection | This drug has made my life so much better. I get relief within 30 minutes. Sometimes I feel groggy for a few hours after the headache quits. I need to wait 1 hour after eating or drinking in order to prevent vomitting immediately after injection. The pills and nasal spray do not work for me, but the 6mg injection is like magic. Cost is a factor, but worth every penny. | F | 65 | 6 years | 1/13/2010 | 5 | Migraines | Just a little nausea sometimes | Could not survive without this med. I've suffered with headaches since I was in my teens. I have to take at least 50 mg. 3-5 times a week, since I have chronic migraines. I don't understand why these meds are rationed to people who suffer with migraines. Physicians have lost all authority over what their patients need because of the insurance/pharmaceutical companies. Been using Imitrex for over 9 yrs. | F | 53 | | 1/13/2010 | 5 | Onset of migraines | A little tired, but about 1 hour after taking I have a sudden absolute need to urinate. Is Imitrex a diuretic? | Love this med. I should have bought stock in the company. It's a life saver. | F | 59 | 6 years | 1/10/2010 |