IMITREX Reviews (SUMATRIPTAN SUCCINATE)

Average Rating: 3.6 (599 Ratings)

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IMITREX  (SUMATRIPTAN SUCCINATE):  Sumatriptan is used to treat migraines. It helps to relieve headache, pain, and other migraine symptoms (including nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to light/sound). Prompt treatment helps you return to your normal routine and may decrease your need for other pain medications. Sumatriptan belongs to a class of drugs known as triptans. It affects a certain natural substance (serotonin) that causes narrowing of blood vessels in the brain. It may also relieve pain by affecting certain nerves in the brain. Sumatriptan does not prevent future migraines or lessen how often you get migraine attacks.   FDA Approval Date: 1996-12-23 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 1  Migraine I took one pill for a migraine. Within a half hour I became very dizzy and lightheaded. I soon began to have neck pressure as if my neck would explode! My head was still pounding and along with the neck pressure I could hardly function. I also felt like I was going to vomit, but never did. This drug seemed to make my vision even worse. It took slung two hours for this terrible feeling to wear off and the headache finally subsided. It was back within a few hours. The worst part is that this drug made my heart arrhythmia go insane. I've had an ablation done on my heart and my arrhythmia was pretty much u der control until I took imitrex. It made my heart skip every their beat for about an hour and made me short of breath and dizzy. I definitely do not recommend this drug. I am never taking this horrible drug again. It is deadly. F 50 1 days
100 mg
1/18/2016
 3  Migraine Headache My entire body, especially my arms, neck, head, shoulders and upper back felt HEAVY. I could barely hold my head up. I was doing everything I could to hold my head up, but I wasn't doing a very good job at that. I was pretty much slouching forward as I attempted to watch tv. The pressure that I felt in my head and jaws was almost identical to what it feels like when you're upside down for an extended period of time. It feels like all the blood has rushed to my head, and there's absolutely nothing I can do to make it any better. I tried walking around, but it didn't help. My skin also has the sensation you get when you put on the type of tanning lotion that brings all the blood to the surface of your skin and makes you have a tingling sensation all over. That's the only way I know how to explain what I'm feeling. Due to the pressure and tightening in my check, I've literally had to keep reminding myself that I'm going to be okay, and kept praying that my heart wouldn't stop beating. The side effects from this medication are not fun at all. The Tightening in my Head, Jaw, Neck, Throat, and Chest are unbelievable, and I wouldn't recommend this medication. Please be careful if you do decide to take it!! F 34 5 weeks
50 MG
1/7/2016
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 1  Migraine Severe head pain, spine and shoulder pain, elevated BP, jaw pain, facial numbness, possible hallucination, and dizziness Felt like my head was going to EXPLODE for at least 30 minutes. And for the next couple hours my headache was worse than it started. BP went up to 130/90 (normal 110/80). I took the second pill and the headache only thing that got better was light and sound sensitivity. The head throbbing was still there. Then a few hours later the headache was back full force. And I Felt like my spine and shoulders were being ripped from my body. That was probably a hallucination but that's how it felt. F 39 1 weeks
100mg
1/5/2016
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 1  Migraines High blood pressure, dizzy, nasea, rapid heart beat I know people who take this and love it. Unfortunately, it didn't help my headache and made me very sick. I considered going to the hospital because I was afraid I was having a heart attack. Be careful, not every medication is designed for everyone! M 31 1 times
1/1/2016
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 1  For migraine Made me vomit, dizzy, blurred vision, made my migraine worst, feels like my forehead to my neck is hot but I have no fever. I will NOT recemend this drug! F 42 1 months
50mg
12/14/2015
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 1  Migraines Nausea, vomiting, tightness in chest , pain in neck .. high blood pressure Made me very sick. Made my migraine worse and I didn't think that possible. Started vomiting, made my stomach upset. Pain and tightness in chest, pain in neck and arm . My blood pressure shot up to 168/110... Took several hours before I started feeling better and for my blood pressure to come back down F 40 2 days
100 MG 1X day
12/1/2015
 1  Migraine I got stiffness in my neck and jaw and about 15 minutes after it start the pain my neck got worse. I have a son and I can't take it around him with all the side effects. I would choose to hurt before taking that. F 19 1 years
11/2/2015
 1  Migraine Heaviness of head and severe tingling sensation down entire spinal collumn. Not at all a pleasant experience. F 19 6 days
10/25/2015
 4  Migraine Not really any side effects. But when I had sex with my boyfriend I thought I was going to die, like I couldn't breathe and I thought I was going to throw up after I had to lay down and drink water and focus on not dying ha.. It was scary I felt as light as a feather and was shaking it was hard to walk and no it wasn't the good feeling after sex Takes away my migraines just be careful if your planning on getting the d lmao F 19 3 days
25
10/12/2015
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 5  severe migraines with N/V tiredness, frequent urination, when I take the injectable it seems like it may get a little more intense but only last for a couple minutes then it is gone. I love this medication. It saved my life! I have been on Imitrex since it first came out in the early 90's. There was only the injectable then. Now I can get the injectable in vials, which I prefer 100% more than the loader. I just buy the diabetic syringes & inject it in my butt, towards the side. I only take the injectable when I wake up with a migraine. It will wake me up out of a dead sleep and then I start vomiting due to the pain of the migraine. The injectable works for me 100% of the time. Before Imitrex came out I was always in the hospital getting shots of Demerol or Morphine. I even wrote a letter to the pharmaceutical company praising them. I do have to admit I am sad that now I have to get the generic. I Love this medication. It is a medical miracle. F 54 23 years
50 1X day
10/1/2015
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 5  Migraines Hard to describe vertigo and a general bad feeling. Just sick Thank God for immitrex it works great but sometimes need narcotic for rescue. Most of the time only have temporary effects from immitrex but sometimes after taking 2 50 mg tabs it has bad effects but the headache is gone if i stay in bed or on the couch M 59 10 years
50
8/21/2015
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 4  Migraine Headache Frequent urniation ... Heavy joints ... Drowsiness:.. Confusion .... Relief 30-1 hour .,. I had to repeat after 2 hours for relief ... I suffer with migraines and veritigo .... Not able to function ... Drive ... Work... Episodes 2-4 times a week F 44 5 months
100mg
8/10/2015
 3  Migraine headache Nausea, dizziness, weakness, malaise, closed-eye hallucinations I don't like Imitrex as much as Amerge because it has some weird neurological side effects, such as seeing patterns and colors (I know: this sounds like a fun side effect, but it's really not). Similar to Amerge, it seems to make me feel worse for a while before I feel better. F 38 50 times
50 mg 1X day
7/5/2015
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 1  Migraines I could feel the individual chambers of my heart beating and had a general awareness of the flow of my blood flowing through all of my veins and arteries. I could literally feel the blood flow through my body up my arms and legs to my heart and from my heart back to my arms and legs. It was a terrifying sensation accompanied with extreme anxiety. I was worried that I was dying. I could feel and hear my blood flowing. Eventually I fell asleep for 10 hours and woke without the migrane but with a generally groggy and stunted mental awareness and extreme physical exhaustion that lasted several days. I would NEVER recommend taking this medication. The side effects were just too frightening. I was switched to Frova which had no side effects for me. F 40 3 times
25 MG
7/2/2015
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 4  Chronic Migraine headaches Strange burning that goes directly into my sinuses, my nostrils are on fire too!!! It's like someone poured rubbing alcohol straight in there!!! Stinging under my skin around my neck and face...it is all very bizarre and lasts beyond the migraine headache!!! I love the effect of how the IMITREX takes away my migraine headaches; however, this side effect is unreal!!! F 52 6 months
60 mg inj
6/30/2015
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 4  Migraines and cluster headaches Tightness in my jaw, heaviness in my chest, burning sensation to my skin, sour taste to any food eaten within 3 or so hours after taking the med. headache generally goes away F 31 1 years
100 mg
5/4/2015
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 1  Chronic Migraines Thought at first it was great because my migraines stopped. One hour in my neck, shoulders, and jaw were causing so much pain I thought I had meningitis again. Can't bend my neck after immatrex. Worth trying if you have migraines. You may be one of the fortunate ones that experience no side effects. F 30 4 days
100mg
4/26/2015
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 2  Migraine First time using injection. Only side effect I had was feeling a more severe headache from the base of my skull that spread up my entire head. I then went to sleep and awoke with the migraine I had at the start. F 45 1 days
4/22/2015
 5  Migraines for 25 years Tightness / heaviness in chest, sometimes hard to breath, like a giant squeeze in my chest. Rapid heartbeat sometimes, but I think that may be me panicking. This happens mostly with the sumatriptan shot or Sumavel shot rather than the 100 mg pill dose. Tightening in throat. Extreme fatigue after 30 min or so, again much more intense with shot vs pill. I have had migraines since I was about 11. I have lost days and weeks at a time from them and have tried numerous medications. Imatrex has really saved my life! There have been countless times that my husband has had to pick me up from work because I couldn't see to drive from the pain. When they hit me hard and fast like that I go straight to the shot form. You feel an immediate rush of the medicine and very intense tightening of chest and tingling in your forehead and scalp. But 10 minutes and your migraine is gone! Very sleepy and sometimes you get a recourse migraine and have to repeat the meds, but the pain be be gone. Absolutely hands down worth the side effects! F 36 5 years
100 mg 2X day
4/18/2015
 3  Migraine This is only the 4th time I've taken this medication I am hoping the side effects wear off since it does work. Shortly after taking I feel a little "odd", jittery and light headed (wears off within an hour). I also get what I consider a pseudo hot flash (1st time it happened I thought the heat in the office was too high) and am a little flushed. Later on my skin becomes very sensitive (feels almost bruised to the touch) and I am aware of every seam on my clothing (annoying not painful) I also learned that I cannot take this on an empty stomach (I think it was the medication, but it could have been the headache, though I have never thrown up from a migraine before ) as I was sick about 15minute to 1/2 hour after taking when I woke up in the middle of the night with a migraine. Felt awful the rest of the day. I will sometimes require a second dose 2 hours later. No change in side effects. I've suffered migraine's for 10 years. This has been the most effective medication I tried and does not leave me with a "migraine hangover" I do get a bit chatty though. F 39 3 months
100mg 1X day
4/9/2015
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