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 |
| 4 | Migraine, hormonal | If I take an entire 100 mg pill, or in general take a pill without cutting it, i get terrible prickly sensations, my neck feels like cotton, my throat is dry, and i have to pee like crazy. I even have a racing heart and difficulty breathing (doesn't help with my anxiety!). | Works like a charm. But works better when I start to get a headache and then notice my eyes have a hard time focusing. I can only take these pills if I actually cut them. It really cuts down on side effects for me. I saw that some others were doing this but there was one who said not to that it made her side effects worse. That's strange to me but everyone is different! It's so ridiculously expensive that's the only way I can afford Imitrex anyways...I agree with whoever said it first, the only reason they say not to cut them is that they sell 100 mg tablets for the same price as 50 mg... | M | 22 | 3 months | 12/9/2008 | 4 | Migraine | Extreme drowsiness, tightness in throat and jaw, slight dizziness and weakness, strange feeling in jaw upon eating (almost like everything tastes extremely sour), frequent urination, cold extremities. | Overall, I am quite satisfied with this medicine, despite its numerous side effects. On rare occasions (most often when I take it too late, or when the migraine is particularly bad) it does not do anything...but most of the time, it works within 1-2 hours. The worst part is the extreme drowsiness- if I have to go to work, I wait until I get there and then take it, so that I don't have to drive. I can't concentrate as well, however my level of concentration would be much worse with a migraine instead. I find that the side effects are typically worse during the first few hours, and then gradually subside. Still, I am very careful when driving and try to drink coffee if I must drive. I have suffered from migraines since I was four years old, and this medicine has changed my life. I no longer spend 2-3 days per month in bed in a darkened room. This only happens once every few months or so now. | F | 26 | 2 years | 12/5/2008 | 1 | Severe Migraine | Tingling and Tightness in throat, heart flutter, feeling as if I was going to die or have a heart attack. Feeling of lock jaw, made a coworker drive me to the hosiptal. Imitrex didnt help my migraine at all and I will NEVER take it again | I live with my migraines now even dealing with them putting me out of work somedays are better then dealing with the side effects I got from taking imitrex. | F | 22 | 1 days | 11/29/2008 | 5 | Super Migraine | No side effects that I can report. Whatever side effects there may be, get completely washed out by the supreme relief I feel at the moment the Imitrex kicks in. | I get a super-migraine once every 6-12 months. Initially, I get blind spots in my vision (as if focus is lost and only peripheral vision remains), pain in my eye sockets, and slight discomfort dealing with visuals, combined with drowsiness. Before I was subscribed Imitrex, I would make the mistake of allowing myself to fall asleep. In which case, 1 hour later, I am abruptly woken up by an excruciating headache that fills the entire front part of my head, from 2 inches behind my temples to the front of my eyebrows. Feels like that part of my skull is being pumped full of nitric acid at 1000psi, and it's either going to make my skull burst from the pressure, or if my skull holds, then my brain within will just sizzle into a liquid. After an hour of this, I notice I am salivating non stop. This coincides with nausea, which is followed by non-stop vomiting. My stomach muscles tire out from vomiting and they strain themselves while trying to vomit an empty stomach. When I was in HS, a docto | M | 27 | 12 years | 11/28/2008 | 5 | migraines - 2-3 per week | Nothing significant. Slight drowsiness or "heaviness" in shoulders. | Imitrex is a miraculous gift from God to me! I'm so thankful for the scientists' minds who developed it. It works every time for me, within 30 minutes. I suffered painful headaches weekly since college -often throwing up due to the pain, and losing hours of productivity. No longer, since my neurologist recommended imitrex. I use half a 100 mg table every 2-3 days. | M | 46 | 12 years | 11/27/2008 | 5 | Migraines | a "lifting sensation" as the medication kicks in, a need to urinate about an hour later. | i can't imagine life without imitrex. before imitrex my migraines limited my life days at a time, now they last only an hour if i take imitrex right away. | F | 35 | 10 years | 11/27/2008 | 3 | Severe Migraines | Nose Tingling, Heart Palpitations, Hot flashes, Fatique, Racing Pulse, Urgent Urination, Feeling of dying,dizziness, Rebound Headaches,hangover, Extreme jaw pain with first bites of food after taking pill. | Have had migraines for 50 years. Incresed frequency after menopause. Many days lost out of my life. At first Imitrex shots were a gift from Heaven. Later went to pill slowly increased to 100mg. Side effects have become more severe in last few years and pill doesn't always work. The die effects are now worse than the migraine, hard to imagine but true. I will no longer take them for fear of heart attack or stroke. Haven't taken one in two months, frequency has been greatly diminished, down from 3 to 5 a week to 1 or 2 a month. I can live with that. | F | 75 | 14 years | 11/24/2008 | 2 | Severe migraines with aura | Heart racing, numbness or tingling on fingers, sense of anxiety. | I took Imitrex with naproxen (Treximet) and I had similar reactions to those that other people have had with Imitrex. It did nothing for my migraines and I was hoping for something that would make it at least bearable to get through the day. I'm not looking for a miracle here. But I felt really anxious and nervous, probably because my heart was racing and I was feeling numb. I wouldn't take it ever again, but other people have had great success with it. | F | 26 | 3 weeks | 11/24/2008 | 5 | Severe migranes/hormonal migraines | Tingly, tightness, uncomfortable feeling in back of throat. Tired, overall uncomfortable feeling in body, sensitive to hot water. | I've had migraines for 15 years, since I was 10 years old. I took over the counter pain relievers so much that I became immune to them. 3 years ago I was introduced to Imitrex, in the meantime tried so many other migraine meds, including preventative meds, and imitrex is my best reliever. I just take it the minute I feel a migraine starting, deal with the side effects of imitrex, and 45 mins later I'm human again. Ideally I like to lay down for those 45 mins and its much easier. But with my busy lifestyle I've learned to just deal with it. Hopefully one day something knew will come out with no side effects, but until then, I'm sticking with imitrex. | F | 25 | 3 years | 11/21/2008 | 5 | SEVERE MIGRAINES | NONE | I HAVE SUFFERED FROM SEVERE MIGRANES FOR OVER 15YRS AND I WOULD BE VOMITING FOR OVER 4-5 DAYS, AND WAS NOT ABLE TO GET OUT OF BED. THIS HAPPENED TO ME ATLEAST ONCE A MONTH. SINCE I STARTED TO TAKE IMITREX, I CAN WAKE UP WITH THE MOST SEVERE MIGRAINE AND ONCE I TAKE THE 100MG IMITREX PILL, I LAY DOWN FOR 45MINS AND I AM BRAND NEW, AS IF I NEVER HAD A HEADACHE. I LOVE THIS MEDICATION SINCE IT HAS GIVEN ME MY LIFE BACK! | F | 37 | 2 years | 11/17/2008 | 4 | Migranes/Severe Headaches | VERY sleepy. Couldn't even stand, let alone take care of my daughter. | F | 23 | 1 years | 11/15/2008 | 5 | chronic daily migraines | i sometimes get flushing,or tingling-pins and needles a bit,and feel sensitive to hot water when i take my bath but not enough to stop taking it-it has been one of the best drugs i have tried for migraines-i try to only take 2-3 times a week-100mg pill as you are not supposed to take more than that-i have tried many others and this is one of the best-sometimes causes dizziness as hangover,insomnia and i think it may have caused hives when i went to the carribean beach/hot weahter...in Canada it is fine. It is a life saver. I am extremely sensitive to drugs and will usually get side effects to stop me from taking them:eg,topiramate-side effects from hell, most antidepressants cannot take, maxalt and relpax work but a bit more dizziness,neurontin-se from hell,propranolol-asthma etc. | if severe and a non-imitrex day i take tyl no 3 and 2gravol or just starting take 2- 222's, or 2 liquid advil. | F | 39 | 2 years | 11/14/2008 | 2 | migraine | I took a sample 100mg dose and all hell broke loose. My heart fluttered, raced and thumped.Never did get rid of the migraine. | Depending on your sensitivity to drugs, I would NEVER start out taking a 100mg pill. Take half or one quarter.It never did get rid of the migraine. Now, 6 weeks later, my heart still thumps so much I can feel it and will flutter randomly. Have seen a cardiologist who said that my heart was fine, but like another poster commented, my heart muscle may be damaged. I feel like the drugs these days come with so many side effects and it is a crap shoot whether the drug will work or not. Drug companies go with studies showing that "most" people get benefits. And what of the others who have life threatening reactions? | M | 49 | 1 days | 11/6/2008 | 1 | migraine without aura | chest tightness, esophageal discomfort like reflux but mild, heart palpitation, bad malaise. Poor to no relief of migraine even after 3 hours of side effects. | I really question the safety of this drug. My dumbass doctor forced me to quit taking Fioricet (which worked) for this nasty stuff. The doctors and pain specialists in Oregon seem to really buy into the BigPharm BS about efficacy of newer drugs. | M | 56 | 4 months | 11/4/2008 | 4 | Severe Migraine | Very drowsy. | I have been taking 25 mg. pills for 15 years but now they are less effective/not working anymore - will move up to 50 mg.or try nasal spray. I take anywhere from 1 to 4 doses per month. The first few years I took Imitrex, I experienced more intense side effects such as flushing, tightening of chest/jaw, throbbing heart, 'loopy' feeling, cold extremeties but with time the only thing I experience now is drowsiness. Being a vasoconstrictor, these side effects came as no surprise. It works great but I always have to lay down for 2 to 3 hours after taking it in order for it to work. Now I'm used to it and need a higher dosage and I'm early peri-menopausal so hormones are a factor in increasing migraines. | F | 36 | 15 years | 11/3/2008 | 3 | Cluster Headaches | Tightness in the neck, general "weird" feeling that can be tolerated. It started giving me nausea big time. | Been using it since it came out. First injection administered by a nurse at Urgent Care. No problem for that episode of 3 months. The next episode, 2 years later, injections made me throw up big time. I worked my dose down to about 1/3 a shot to avoid vomiting. Headaches were still aborted within minutes. Switched to pills in recent years, hoping for lesser nausea. 50 mg was "okay", but I'm getting more and more sensitive. One day I threw up everything as soon as I took 50 mg. Sweating and shivering repeatedly all night. Since then took 25 mg reluctantly. Severe nausea again (never threw up). Imitrex has been a wonder drug for me, and I'd rather throw up. But nausea is becoming unbearable. | F | 47 | | 10/30/2008 | 5 | Migraine | Heartburn, hungover | I can't live without this medication! As for the side effects, I always take it with a light sandwich, and prop myself up a little and I never get heartburn anymore. I usually take 600 mg of Ibuprofen until I get home, then take the Immitrex and lay down for an hour. When I wake up, I'm GOLDEN!! I just get a little goofy when I take Immitrex at work, so I wait until I'm home. My mother gets migraines, and I remember her being out of commission for a couple of days...unable to function AT ALL. That was me before Immitrex. I take 100 mg, and it's gone. | F | 42 | 3 years | 10/25/2008 | 2 | migraines | STIFF neck accompanied by stiff neck headache and rebound headaches galore | F | 33 | 10 days | 10/3/2008 | 1 | migraines | horrible taste in mouth | Immitrex worked once for me. I used the nasal spray and it gave me a horrible taste in my throat about 2 mins after using it. Not worth the money for me. Switched to Maxalt and it's awesome!!! | F | 39 | 3 months | 10/1/2008 | 5 | menstrual migraines | When Imitrex first came out nausea and chest pressure were the worst. After they came out with better formula, the side effects were much milder. More like sleepiness, sensitivity to heat, sometimes head pounding for a short time, and body aches. Most side effects became less and less after repeated use. | I have tried many other migraine medications. Nothing else works this well. I am thankful for Imitrex. I take 3-6 a month. I do think the menstrual cramps can be worse for a short time, but that's nothing compared to good migraine relief. Take it when you first suspect a migraine, don't wait. Why wait when you can be over and done with it? But if you wait, it will still work in most cases. I may take a nap with it at the beginning or I may take a walk. A walk clears my head and helps with any of the mild side effects I get. I'm just glad it works for me! | F | 49 | 8 years | 9/29/2008 |