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 |
| 5 | MIGRAINES | Minor tightness in throat and minor overall soreness and tingling on entire body. Side effects are no where near as bad as the migraine. | I am so thankful for imitrex. I'm completely cured in no more than an hour (sometimes less) Results are even better if I'm able to lie down and take a nap. Sometimes I get another migraine the day after, but imitrex still work....I wonder if I should be on a higher dose. Imitrex always works for me though...even on the worst migraines I get. | F | 29 | 2 years | 5/5/2007 | 1 | Menstrual Migraines | Nausea, heavy head/body, extreme exhaustion, upset stomach. | The only way I can describe the experiences I've had with Imitrex is that, although I've never done illegal drugs, I felt that I was high (not in a fun way). This medicine renders me useless for around four hours after taking it. I end up feeling much worse before I feel better. I can only take it when home so I can crumple up in a ball on my bed. It's not practical because I can't take it at work, which is where many of my headaches develop. I also feel the effects of it the next day, when my stomach is still upset. | F | 26 | | 4/24/2007 | 3 | Migraine Headaches | Euphoria feeling when migraine lifted; neck/back pain occasionally; constipation the following day. | The lower rating is because I can't RELY on it to abort my migraine -- it's more like Russian Roulette and I don't like that. I am pretty confident that when I take Zomig, it is going to abort my headache. I originally took Imitrex back in my early 20s when I was first diagnosed and it worked extremely well. Back then I had the sensitivity to light/sound/noise and nausea but that has diminished over the years, except I now get migraines that are sinus in nature behind my left eye that are accompanied by those problems. Anyway, Imitrex quit working about 3 or 4 years later and then I switched to Zomig. A co-worker gave me a tab of her Imitrex recently and it worked, so it is my #2 pain reliever. I like to have an arsenal of relievers because I believe our bodies become immune to them, at least mine does. I do notice Imitrex tends to cause more rebounds than Zomig (when rebounds occur). | F | 34 | 6 years | 4/20/2007 | 3 | Migraine | For 4 months, no side effects amd migraine was eliminated. But on month 5, would start to feel hot and then experienced nausea within 15 minutes of taking it which would last for 1-2 hours. | Loved Imitrex for helping the migraine, but can't handle the nausea so am looking for another solution. | F | 40 | 8 months | 4/13/2007 | 5 | migrains | i take the nasal spray, it burns a little and i have an awful taste run down my throat for like 30 minutes then it better | i like it! it takes my migraines away within 10 minutes, i feel i little out of it for 20 minutes or so but it works so good!!! | F | 24 | 4 days | 4/11/2007 | 1 | headaches | I have tried this medicine too many times and it didn't work. For me it made my headache worse. | F | 23 | 6 months | 4/2/2007 | 3 | Migraines | Nausea, Tightness in neck, dizziness, disorientation, confusion, drowsiness, hangover the next morning (Not sure if it was caused by the Imitrex, but I didn't take anything else that night, and my morning headache lasted another 12 hours) | Imitrex usually just knocks me out, which is exactly what I need it to do. Unfortunatly, it makes me feel like crap everytime I take. But, on one hand, having a migraine for the next three days and be in inconsolable pain, other hand, take a pill, feel like crap for the next hour. The pill option generally wins. | F | 19 | 6 months | 3/14/2007 | 5 | migraines | tingling, slightly flushed, tired | LIFE SAVER without a doubt! I had "migraines for" about 10 years before I found a doctor who prescibed imitrex. I sometimes thought I was dying becuase I got so sick and the pain was SO INTENSE in my head. I was always HIT with major migraines. The first time I was an given imitrex injection, in only an hour I wanted to out drinking and dancing! ! ! It was like a miracle!!! I had never experienced anything so drastic. I now have the pills to "catch them as they start". I travel with imitrex, I am still too nervous to be without it. ALL I CAN IS IT REALLY DOES WORK!!!!!! | F | 49 | 12 days | 3/7/2007 | 1 | migraine | Severe body aches, chest pain, ringing in the ears. | What finally worked for me, after years of trying different medicines and therapies is valium and aspirin. If I take a couple of valium and aspirin early in the aura, the symptoms stop and I get no headache. | M | 55 | 30 days | 3/2/2007 | 5 | daily migraines | Have severe neck problems(need three fusions I'm told)which cause "daily migraines" - this has been the ONLY drug that works the majority of the time. I take 100mg PRN pain...try and wait until I absolutely need something (often). I do not like taking so much, but it's better then the 18+ aspirin per day for several years(yes, I still have a stomach!)just to take the edge off the pain. Imitrex has been a LIFE SAVER! | I do take nortriptiline(20mg) at night to help with the chronic pain, and it has cut down on the amount of Imitrex needed. | F | 49 | 6 years | 2/28/2007 | 1 | migraines | 20 minutes after taking the sample from the Dr. I felt as if I were about to have a heart attack. My heart was racing and fluttering. On top of that my vision and depth perception were effected. I felt as if my brain had been split into two and the two halves were working independent of the other. I would see two different things at the same time, one perception from each eye. | Please read the label carefully before taking any medication. These drugs are powerful and the side effects are worth knowing before you find yourself dealing with them. I know this drug works very well for some, but it is NOT a cure all. | F | 36 | 1 days | 2/27/2007 | 2 | migraines | Heart palpitations/panic attacks. | I think Imitrex only worked one or two times when I had a migraine. I started having heart problems, and my doctor took me off of it right away. Hardly any of these drugs actually eliminate migraines just offer some relief. It's better to seek an ALTERNATIVE treatment for migraines especially if you live in California... | F | 22 | 3 days | 2/23/2007 | 2 | migraines | It feels like someone is pressing down on my shoulders and holding my arms so that I can't move them. Can feel my heart laboring. Somulence. Apathy the next day. | I NEVER take it alone; I am so afraid of the side effects. My migraine absolutely disappears but I only take this drug after 48 hours with a migraine. The next day, I don't care about anything and feel very disconnected | F | 46 | 2 years | 2/22/2007 | 4 | migraines | dizziness, tingling, warming | Imitrex "melts" away the migraine, if that makes any sense at all. I was relieved when I first took it. I was prescribed the 100mgs from the start and have taken the pill for a little over 2.5 years. However, is it possible that it loses its effectiveness over a certain period of time? | F | 33 | 2.5 years | 2/15/2007 | 4 | migraines and cluster migraines | It seems to bring on a feeling of spaciness or intoxication, which makes it difficult to perform any intellectually demanding tasks, on the one hand, and which sometimes results in intoxication-like behavior (such as saying inappropriate things), on the other. It also frequently makes me uncontrollably drowsy--cannot safely drive either when having a migraine or when treating it. | I take the tablets (100mg). For the first 18 months or so, this really worked very well. In conjunctioin with the Nortriptilan I take as a profilactic, I went from having migrains almost 50% of the time to having them only about 10% (which is still three times a month). But in the last few months I have noticed a rapid increase in the frequency and intensity of my migraines--back up to where it was (or maybe even worse) before I started the meds. I have read on other forums that some people develop a tolerance for Imitrex. I think that is what has been happening for me. Now, I try to only take it once or twice a month--and just suffer through the rest of the time. This way, I am finding that it has the potency it used to, and does a great job at an acute moment. But it is a drag that the debilitation of other migrain episodes has to be endured in order for the Imitrex to work on the occasions when I do take it. | F | 43 | 2 years | 2/1/2007 | 1 | Migraines | Chest Pain, Chest Heaviness, Palpatations, tingling skin | THIS DRUG IS NOT WORTH IT I am going through 6 months of physical therapy as a result of POTS, a complication of taking this medication. I can no longer run with my friends and have had to make major lifestyle changes. Don't do it, ANYTHING IS BETTER THAN THIS | M | 14 | 1 days | 1/22/2007 | 1 | migraine | Imitrex may have played a role in cervical artery dissections. Can no longer take. | F | 40 | 6 years | 1/12/2007 | 5 | Cluster Monsters | slight warm tingling feeling centered around the shoulders and back of neck. I like this tho as it means the beast only has minutes to live =) | I was on the brink of suicide due to the frightning and unbareable pain of this condition. Until one day in hospital a clever doctor tried these injections on me. Headache completely gone in 5 minutes. I FINALLY HAVE A LIFE BACK . . A+++++ | M | 28 | 1 years | 12/28/2006 | 1 | migraine headaches | I had taken imitrex for 5 years for severe migraines. Although it helped immensely at first, I noticed slight breathlessness for a few days after taking it. I used to run long distance and found it difficult to breathe after I had taken imitrex. Eventually after my last dose in Nov, 2005 I was rushed to hospital with a severe anaphylactic shock, culminating in a shot of adrenaline to my heart. Since this episode I have muscle spasms in the leftside of my chest and intermitent breathlessness. I have also become allergic to a number of cosmetics I previously had no problems with for many years. | I would monitor any side effects on imitrex very closely and only take it as a last resort. Unfortunately, I believe that although my side effects are not severe or life threatening now, I wish that I had never been given imitrex. | F | 45 | 5 years | 12/21/2006 | 1 | migraine headaches | I had taken imitrex for 5 years for severe migraines. Although it helped immensely at first, I noticed slight breathlessness for a few days after taking it. I used to run long distance and found it difficult to breathe after I had taken imitrex. Eventually after my last dose in Nov, 2005 I was rushed to hospital with a severe anaphylactic shock, culminating in a shot of adrenaline to my heart. Since this episode I have muscle spasms in the leftside of my chest and intermitent breathlessness. I have also become allergic to a number of cosmetics I previously had no problems with for many years. | I would monitor any side effects on imitrex very closely and only take it as a last resort. Unfortunately, I believe that although my side effects are not severe or life threatening now, I wish that I had never been given imitrex. | F | 45 | 5 years | 12/21/2006 |