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 | Migraine | Tightness in jaw/face/throat. However it's the best drug I've ever taken for migraines!! Migraine is gone within minutes; so quickly it is gone that I forget why I have a little tightness. I can take an imitrex anytime anywhere and the side effects are nothing!! | F | 33 | 7 years 50-100mg | 7/20/2013 | 5 | migraine | Flushed feeling from head to toe. Especially in head and chest. If you have ever taken niacin, it is similar to the flushing felt by it. I'm feeling the flushing right now. Can't drink coffee because the heat burns my throat. A little nausea. I took probably closer to 75mg because the pills are hard to break in half. Prescribed 100 mg tabs. If I take over 50 mg, the side effects are more intense. Lower the dose and it should relieve the migraine while lessening the tingling, tightness, flushing etc. It usually passes within 30 minutes(side effects). The headache is gone within 10 minutes. Very efffective medicine. I should probably invest in a pill slicer to make the dosage more accurate. | Very effective. DO NOT TAKE OVER 50 MGS IF YOU ARE BOTHERED BY SIDE EFFECTS | F | 33 | 3 years 50 mg 1X AN | 5/19/2013 | 4 | migraine | nausea and vomitting. Have noticed this only since taking the generic drug. wondering if i may have something tto do with delivery differences. there is a imitrex hangover: "fuzzy" head and heartburn, but it sure beats the migraine or the migraine hangover. | F | 51 | 20 mg nasa 1X day | 4/6/2013 | 1 | chronic migraine | 15 years of migraine relief....then without warning (and no heart disease) I had not one but two heart attacks! I was only 39 years old and almost left a nine, five, and three year old without a mother! It works....but the roulette wheel just may call your number too! | F | 39 | 15 years injection 1X day | 3/19/2013 | 4 | migraine | I woke up about 5AM with the migraine, so it was well established. I took one 50 mg Imitrex and had a slight lessening of the pain. So about 1 hour later, I took 2 Aleve. About 30 minutes after that, the pain began to lessen dramatically. Within minutes, I was sound asleep and slept until 3 PM. When I woke up, the pain was still gone, but side effects had arrived. I have a thick tongue and when I talk, I sound like I have had a stroke. Everything else works properly, so I am guessing it's just a side effect. I am dizzy and having hot flashes. I feel short-of-breath. My mood is unstable and I am depressed and anxious. (I also take meds for depression and thyroid.) I think that I will try this drug at least one more time, but I will cut the tablet and see if a half dose works. I can always take the other half later. I would not have been able to work or drive this afternoon. | 50 mg of Imitrex and two Aleve stopped the migraine cold. Now I just need to figure out the proper dose. | F | 56 | 1 days 50mg 1X AN | 3/3/2013 | 5 | migraines | drowziness | F | 50 | 20 years 50 MG 1X AN | 2/22/2013 | 1 | Migraine (also have MS) | Terrible tightening of muscles in my neck, jaw and back. Hot flashes and overall nervous feeling. Did not help migraine and the experience made thr migraine much worse. | F | 26 | 2 months 100 mg | 2/6/2013 | 5 | chronic migraines | this is unfortuntely the only thing that works on me if I get a severe migraine.. I hate the side effects but I tolerate them because the headache is worse than the side effects to me! I usually get a rapid heartbeat and a heaviness in my chest and am slightly nauseous. It does take away the headache very quickly but I have noticed since I have been taking this drug for years that it causes a "rebound" effect frequently and the headache comes back 8 hours later -sigh | F | 62 | 8 years 50 mg 1X day | 1/13/2013 | 1 | Migraine | Headache got much worse. Tightened throat, severe nausea, dizzy, muscle aches. | F | 1 days 30mg | 1/10/2013 | 5 | chronic migraines | tingly, burning sensation in my brain, and sometimes in my finger tips, rarely skin irritation at injection site | After having had two concussions to the right side of my head as well as a permanently damaged nerve and tendon in the right side of my neck, finding something that makes the migraine go away is awesome. Yes I have one of the rarer side effects of taking it but it is worth it to burn for 30 minutes versus suffering for a whole day. Without this shot I would be down for the entire day. I have been on the pill form as well as Treximet, and this is the fastest and most effective one by far. I went from having migraines every day to 2-4 times a week to 1-2 a week and now I am at 1-3 a month. | F | 31 | 4 years 6mg shot 1X AN | 1/5/2013 | 5 | Migraine | After you take the pill, tired. Next day a little constipation and heartburn. Heartburn treatable. Constipation goes away. | Once you know the migraine is coming on, you take the pill immediately. It works within a half hour. You can function again. Better that laying in bed suffering. Your body is weak from the migraine but you are pain free. Used to take injections - shots. Found 100mg pill is equivalent to 6ml injection. | F | 52 | 15 years 100 mg 5X M | 12/28/2012 | 5 | Migraine | This has been a miracle drug, the migraine is gone within 1-2 hours. Very mild side effects such as occasional upset stomach for 1-2 hours and mild drowsiness. | F | 33 | 1 years | 12/19/2012 | 2 | Migraine | I just too m fist imitrex at the onset of a migraine. Within 15 minutes I was flat n back. Tightness In chest, neck and back. I mst ave clinched m hands also. I jus came to 4 hours after and my mind is blown. No headache, but that was like a bad trip. Insane, not sure I want that again. | F | 39 | 1 days 100 mg 1X day | 12/18/2012 | 1 | Migraines | With the pills themselves, I had to leave school because I was flushed, dizzy, and I couldn't focus. My migraine was gone, but the symptoms from the medication were worse than the migraine itself. The nasal injection left a disgusting taste in the back of my throat that wouldn't go away no matter what I ate or drank. After brushing my teeth and mouth 6 time, I was more focused on the dizziness and nausea rather than the taste. I had to stay home from school and work the following day because I would get dizzy after standing up for 5 minutes. I'd have to lay down for 10 minutes and then I could be on my feet for 5 more minutes. | I wouldn't recommend this to anyone. I've tried 2 of the 3 ways to take it, and I wasn't satisfied with either. I'm honestly afraid to try the injection. | F | 16 | 5 times 20 MG 1X AN | 12/11/2012 | 4 | Lupus migraine | Head rush, tightness in throat, dizziness. Pretty scary at first but my doctor had warned me about them. I just laid down and waited for them to pass. I definitely couldn't take these at work like the other migraine meds I have been prescribed. It worked though! | Split the initial doses in half so that the side effects are not so bad. That way you can gradually work up to the desired dosage. This is what my neurologist said when I called him about the side effects. | F | 40 | 1 days 100 mg 1X day | 12/10/2012 | 5 | Yes | Rapid heartbeat. Flushing. But adjusted and went away | F | 45 | 6 days 6 mg injec | 12/3/2012 | 1 | Migraines | After about a 30 minutes to an hour of taking this I became sick. My head feels worse and I get this horrible pain throughout my neck and shoulders. My shoulders feel heavy and tight. My whole body gets this cold/hot clammy feeling. I would rather deal with the chronic migraines I get a few times a month than take this pill anymore. | If you're having any of the same problems, stop taking the pill and talk to a doctor. I don't know if these are normal side effects, but they hurt and suck. | F | 27 | 2 weeks 100MG 1X AN | 11/4/2012 | 1 | Migraines | After about a 30 minutes to an hour of taking this I became sick. My head feels worse and I get this horrible pain throughout my neck and shoulders. My shoulders feel heavy and tight. My whole body gets this cold/hot clammy feeling. I would rather deal with the chronic migraines I get a few times a month than take this pill anymore. | If you're having any of the same problems, stop taking the pill and talk to a doctor. I don't know if these are normal side effects, but they hurt and suck. | F | 27 | 2 weeks 100MG 1X AN | 11/4/2012 | 3 | Migraine headaches | Minor increase in blood pressure | Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. If you don't take the medication early on when migraines are starting it may do more harm than good. It usually works for migraines though. | F | 25 | 1 years 100 MG 1X AN | 10/15/2012 | 5 | Severe Headaches | No negative side effects, so sorry for the people experiencing them!! | Gets rid of the severe headaches quickly with no adverse effects, but my MD told me today there can be severe ones, thus my visit to this site. | F | 48 | 365 days 1/2 100 mg 1X AN | 9/13/2012 |