IMITREX Reviews (SUMATRIPTAN SUCCINATE)Average Rating: 3.6 (599 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare IMITREX with similar:
Type: Rx Drug
|
Results are sorted by Date added. Key to Ratings: 1=LOW (I would not recommend taking this medicine.) Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 |
More on IMITREX: Reviews Summary | Drug Safety Information
| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR IMITREX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 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 | No side effects. | Worked like a miracle drug for fifteen years, until about a year ago, when it seemed to take more and more of the drug to actually work. For example, a half a pill used to do it. Now, it takes a whole pill. Also, my headaches have increased in frequency, up to as many as 12 a month. My Doctor recently put me on Topamax as a preventative measure, but I still take Imitrex as needed. It always works. | F | 42 | 15 years | 12/26/2009 | 3 | migranes | I went to the hospital with heart palpitations. I never had a single heart problem before I started taking the medication. It's the meds fault. And my doctor's for not warning me of the side effects. | The medicine works FANTASTIC for headaches. I get headaches that last for three or four days three or four times a month. They only prescribe you fifteen of these at a time. I always wondered about that. Then something got me researching the drug and I came across this website. I couldn't believe it when I read that other people are having these heart problems. I'm 37 years old and I smoke. I blamed it on the cigarettes. I'm sure they don't help, but I NEVER had the heart problems before. Then the doctors blamed it on the stress when I went to the emergency room thinking I was having a heart attack. I've been stressed my whole life. I got married and had a baby when I was 19. So yeah. It's not the stress. By now I've learned how to deal with stress in a very healthy way. It's the imitrex. It caused me to have heart palpitations. | F | 37 | 6 months | 12/22/2009 | 4 | chronic migraines | burning, nausea, tingling, dizziness | 50mg dosage. After the first 15 to 30 minutes I experience an intense burning in the arteries in my chest, neck, and arms. This can be accompanied by nausea, tingling, and dizziness. The sensations subside after at least an hour. My migraine will usually also disappear after an hour and a half. Occasionally I will have to repeat the dose and I will have a 'hangover' from the medication the next day. It's certainly preferable to the migraine. Two other family members took this medication for several years and never had these problems with it, but took it in much higher doses. The medication also never fully stopped their migraines. | M | 26 | 8 years | 12/21/2009 | 4 | menstrual migranes | I started out using the 50mg rate and it sort of worked, sometimes. My doctor upped the rate to 100mg, and it worked great. I have a migraine for about 2 weeks around my cycle. When I stopped taking the meds the other two weeks I have noticed my thoughts are not connecting in my head and I am more confused. I have stopped taking it and hope my head comes around, because right now I find it hard to concentrate. I will not take Imitrex again. | F | 39 | 5 months | 12/19/2009 | 5 | migraine | lightheadedness, sleepiness | Imitrex has been a lifesaver for me. I've suffered with migraines for 45 years. For many of those years, my headaches were frequent and severe, sometimes lasting 3 days and resulting in vomiting and the lack of ability to do much, other than stay in bed in a dark, quiet room. About 15 years ago, I heard of the newly-approved Imitrex and started using it whenever I get a migraine. I've had very good success with it as migraine relief, although every so often I have to take two pills. Also, there are some times that the headache simply will not go away, but that's rare. The frequency of my headaches has not changed, however. I still get them 4-8 times per month. Imitrex is not a preventative, but it is not advertized as such. | F | 66 | 15 years | 11/28/2009 | 5 | MIGRAINES | A LITTLE HYPER AND SPACEY FOR ABOUT 30 MIN OR SO. MILD RAPID HEART RATE 20 MIN AFTER TAKING IT. ALOT OF POSTS I READ ARE OVER THE TOP EXAGERATIONS. | HAVE HAD MIGRAINES A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR IN MY 20'S AND 30'S AND IN MY LATE 40'S THEY GOT MUCH WORSE. I GET THEM COUPLE TIMES A WEEK THEN NOT FOR A MONTH OR SO. I DO NOT HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE BUT THE DOCTOR PUT ME ON THE MEDICINE AND I TAKE IT AT NIGHT AND HAS HELPED. IMITREX WORKS...PERIOD!! ALOT OF POSTS I READ ARE OVER THE TOP EXAGERATIONS ABOUT SIDE EFFECTS. MIGRAINES ARE FROM THE WAY YOU THINK LIKE NEGATIVE THOUGHTS DURING THE DAY AND YES WHILE YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT. THIS IS WHAT I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT MAKES MIGRAINES HAPPEN!! YOU CAN EMAIL ME FOR [email protected] YOU CAN HAVE EVERY TEST KNOWN TO MAN AND STILL HAVE THEM. YOUR KIDS WILL SAY "MY PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS HAD THEM" AND YES ITS THE WAY YOU.....THINK!! RETIRED USAF | M | 50 | 10 months | 11/27/2009 | 5 | Migraines | Bad taste in mouth/back of throat if using the nasal spray, but it works much faster than the pills. | F | 33 | 7 years | 11/17/2009 | 1 | Migraines | Rapid heart rate...tightening of chest. Fear of heart attack. Throat felt strange. Not good! | I have had migraines since I was 12. They have gotten worse as I get older. I was spending 1/3 of my life with horrible migraines. Mine last 3 days and I get them at least once a week. Two years ago - it was so bad - I was going to the hospital a lot. A year ago - I started taking 60mg of Inderal LA (usually prescribed for blood pressure) daily... It has helped me TREMENDOUSLY!!! Only rare migraine pain now. I take Axert for the occassional bad days. For all you still suffering - just keep trying to find what works for you!! | F | 43 | 2 months | 11/13/2009 | 5 | Migraines | Flushing (hot/cold/hot/cold), head tightness, tiredness | Back one day in the early 90's I went to the ER because I had a migraine (I get classic migraines) and the gave me some Imitrex, which I never had before. I got kind of flushed and my head felt weird and I fell asleep for about 15-20 min and I woke up and my migraine was gone. I was almost in tears I was so happy! I could not believe it. My migraines usually last between 1-4 days. I'd go to the ER and get something that would "manage" the pain, but nothing would actually get rid of it. A doctor came into my room and asked me a bunch of questions and sent me home with some Imitrex auto-injectors. I've used the auto-injectors for a long time and they never fail to alleviate my migraine within 15-20 min. Whoever developed this medicine is truly amazing. | F | 37 | 16 years | 11/8/2009 | 5 | Migraines | A little light headed, tingly, slight tightness in chest | I don't know what I would do without Imitrex. Before I was perscribed Imitrex I would throw up for days and couldn't function I would be in so much pain. I split my 100mg pill in half and it works like a miracle every time. | F | 25 | 3 years | 10/26/2009 | 3 | Cluster Headaches | Sometimes sleepiness, nausea, dizziness. Sometimes it worked great, sometimes not at all. Probably depending on the severity of migraine and when taken. | My Mother actually used to take imitrex so I'm commenting on her behalf. She has been getting cluster headaches every 18 months for 6-8 weeks like clockwork for 40 years. I know she had mild success with imitrex but great success with RELPAX. Anyone looking for a new med to try for clusters/migraines, this one might be it for you. | F | 62 | 6 weeks | 10/19/2009 | 5 | Common Migraine | Tingly feeling all over, headache intensifies for a brief time before it gets better, sore throat, jittery. | This is really a 'miracle drug.' I've been getting migraines since about 1989 and took Midrin before Imitrex became available. Midrin worked, but it knocked me out for the whole day. I was in college when the Imitrex injections came out and I'm terrified of needles, but the injection was amazing, so the needle didn't bother me anymore. I often feel like I need to eat something after I've had the Imitrex because my throat hurts, but then it sort of hurts to swallow. While the headache goes away and all of the symptoms in about 30 minutes or so, I still feel so wiped out from the headache. I do have to say, however, that I am VERY nervous about trying anything BUT Imitrex because I know it works for me and I don't want to risk having to endure a wicked migraine. | M | 37 | 17 years | 10/16/2009 | 4 | Migraine headache for 15 years | very interesting. mostly sensitivity to heat on hands. sleepiness if taken at night-sleep longer and deeper. very bad reaction if taken with alcohol, or if there is alcohol in my system. | My first injection of Imitrex was in the 90's, shortly after it was introduce. I had a friend who had bad migraines. She would end up in the hospital. She was the person who convinced me that that was what was going on with me. I just called them my "spells" and would pop Tylenol in huge quantities for days. The injection took the pain (and all the other stuff one has with migraine) right away. It was a miracle. I used the injections until the pills came out, and have been fine-tuning their use ever since. One of the most important things I've learned is what triggers my migraines. That took a VERY long time. My very worst trigger is MSG, or any of the other flavor enhancing chemicals added to most processed food nowadays. I don't know what I would do if I hadn't figured that out. Alcohol is also a factor, but only in certain amounts and at certain times of the month. Those times are hard to predict as I am 60 years old and left menopause years ago. It has taken many years to figure out how to take Imitrex without it actually making my headache worse, which will happen if any of the substance which triggers it is still in my system. It's a tough life, not being able to eat at restaurants (most of them, anyway). My advice to people is to look at what they eat. And research the other names for MSG on the internet. | F | 60 | 15 years | 10/13/2009 | 1 | migraine | dizziness | made me so dizzy I could barely walk and the dizziness would last a couple of days. Made the pain go quite quickly. Tried it 3 times | F | 40 | 3 days | 9/25/2009 | 3 | Horrible horrible taste in mouth right after. Couldn't even swallow it was disgusting! | I had a migraine so I toke my imatrex nasal spray for the first time about. 15 minutes ago and so far nothing has changed other than this DISGUSTING taste in my mouth! It's horrid, I feel like vomiting! My headache is still here and all I care about is this taste in my mouth. If I knew this was going to happen I wouldn't have taken the damn medicine!!! And my nostril is in pain!! | F | 14 | 1 days | 9/20/2009 | 4 | migraine | tightness in neck and shoulders. welt at injection site. | My neurologist spoke of this side effect, the "rush" or tight feeling. Apparently, the injection helps raise your seratonin levels so quickly, your body reacts that way. I was impressed; after 15 minutes, my headache was gone. Ive never had such relief and so quickly and I dont feel messed up after I take it | F | 33 | 5 days | 8/31/2009 | 1 | migraine | heart palpitations, racing heart, agitated | For migraine I have been taking valium and aspirin early in the cycle = works 90% of the time to stop a headache. Doctor talked me in to trying imitrex, but I won't take it anymore. Going back to what works best, the valium and aspirin. | M | 54 | 10 days | 8/30/2009 | 4 | rebound asprin headaches | Good at first, but now having a lot of nausea. | I was suffering with asprin rebound headaches cause of using too much. Hospitalized with a bleeding ulcer. While in hospital doctor put me on Imitrex. Been on imitrex for 8 years now. I really believe that I am experiencing rebound headaches caused by the imitrex. I'm back in the same situation I was in before with asprin. Doctor did not inform me of this side effect. I have been so depressed having to deal with these everyday rebound headaches. If I try not to take an imitrex and wait the headache out, I get very nauseated. I believe my body is hooked on the imitrex. Is anyone else having a similar problem. | F | 68 | 8 years | 8/28/2009 | 5 | Migraine headaches | None at first. But the last year or so I experience a tightness in the chest and some difficulty breathing after taking 3-4 injections in a short period of time. | I have been taking Imitrex 6mg injections since 1997. For the first several years I only needed one or two shots per year. The injections worked great, relieved even the worst migraine in about 20 minutes, and I had virtually no side effects. However, for the past 3 years or so, I have needed more and more to keep the headaches from coming back. The initial injection normally works, but the headaches come back, sometimes for 3 or 4 days, and I need to take more to keep them away. In fact, between Aug 1, 2008 and July 31, 2009, I took 39 injections. I worry because I have read of potential damage to your heart from this drug. But I also feel that it is worth the risk during the horrendous pain of a migraine attack. My doctor - a migraine specialist - says that there is really nothing stronger that I can take. I am wondering if there is any research indicating that people can become immune to this drug. | F | 44 | 12 years | 8/1/2009 |