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 | Severe migraines 3-4X week | A brief intensifying of headache pain, followed by a rush of sleepiness or sometimes mood enhancement. | Imitrex has saved my life and I make sure to have a supply with me at all times. It is very expensive: I have to pay $80.00 for 9 pills (even the generic version), but it's worth it! My headaches are definitely related to my menstrual cycle, always strongest just before, during, and after my period but also coming on during ovulation too, which pretty much covers the whole month. I usually wake up with a migraine but they can also come on at random times throughout the day. I don't believe they are stress-related as some doctors claim. My 20 year old daughter has just started getting regular migraines, and Imitrex works for her as well. My 13 year old son also gets migraines, but the doc says boys sometimes grow out of them at puberty, which I'm praying for so he doesn't have to suffer all his life. Pain starts in my shoulders with full-body aches and flu-like symptoms growing, and the pain in my head getting stronger. If a full-blown migraine sets in, Imitrex can take up to an hour or two to work, but it cures my migraine almost every single time I take it. I truly couldn't survive without Imitrex! | F | 50 | 15 years 50 mg 1X day | 8/31/2011 | 5 | Severe Migraine | Extreme drowsiness and "foggy" thinking. Medicine works well, and if taken before the migraine becomes too severe, a smaller dose will work as well without as much drowsiness. In a few cases I have had irregular heatbeat after having to take two doses. This med is a life saver, as I have had migraines since age 5. As with all drugs, this may work for some people, and in other people not at all. If you are desperate for relief, at least try it and see if it works for you. The trick is to hit the migraine with meds before it gets too severe. But I have woke with severe migraines and still got relief fairly quickly. I have had a few times that nothing worked, but those were the few times that I should have been in an emergency room. | M | 39 | 8 years 50 mg 1X AN | 8/26/2011 | 4 | Migraines | The only side effects I have is my legs get very weak but I can live with that if my headaches go away. | Imitrex has kept me from crawling under a rock my whole life. I get the 100mg and break them in half because I get them frequently. Sometimes tho if I wait too long to take it I end up in the hospital and they have to give me a morphine shot along with nasua shot. Ive been getting them since I was 10 but was taking midrin before, I miss that stuff, seemed to help. | F | 40 | 10 years 50 MG 4X W | 8/26/2011 | 1 | migraine | I had heart palpatations and felt like i couldn't breath. I had pain in my arms and elbows, then my right hand went numb. Had numbness in right foot also. my pinky is still numb after 10 hours. Felt very panicky. Have been very tired all day, and can't get motivated to do anything. | I won't take this again | F | 48 | 50 mg 1X day | 8/21/2011 | 1 | Migraines | Horrible experience at least with the shot version. Felt like I was going to have a heart attack or stroke. My face hurt and chest tightened. Scared me very much. Wemt back to Cafergot. | Did not work for headache. Cafergot works better. | F | 39 | 2 months SHOT 1X AN | 8/8/2011 | 5 | Migraines | Initially with the injection, I would get stiffness or tightness in my neck. Sometimes stomach discomfort. I've taken the pills for years now and the side effects have been nausea if I waited to long and the headache was really bad. When it starts to work the headache briefly intensifies and then it starts to dissipate...Usually good in an hour. | Before this Imitrex I would take Fiornnal or get DH45 shots. Nothing really worked and I wished I was dead. I had to leave work almost every week in 1992 due to multiple headaches lasting for days. I too worry about the long term use and my age. | F | 52 | 18 years 50 MG 1X day | 8/3/2011 | 5 | Migrane. | No side effects at all. | I have suffered from Migraines since the age of 18 & am currently 65 yrs. Typically I get attacks 2 - 4 times per week. Untreated they last 12 to 14 hrs. with violent vomiting & then dry heaves. Pounding spike in the left temple & extreme sensitivity to all stimuli. I tried Inderal (Propranolol) for over a year, hypnosis & chiropractor treatment with no effect on the rate or intensity of attacks. I used Ergotamine for 30 years to abort the attacks. If taken early, at the very first symptoms, it worked most of the time. I would be nauseous with head pain for a few hours, but the full attack would usually be aborted. I took Imitrex for the first time about 15 years ago. It worked the first time & every time since. I've only used the tablets - never the injection. No side effects whatsoever. Partial reduction of pain & other symptoms within 15 minutes & complete relief within 45 to 60 minutes. I've only had 2 full Migraine attacks in the past 15 years. Both times when I was exhausted & slept through the symptoms. Woke with the Migraine in full bloom & could not keep down the tablets. Imitrex has been the answer for me. | M | 65 | 15 years 100mg 4X W | 8/2/2011 | 4 | Migraines | First time took it I got mild tingling in my toes. The pain went away and I went to sleep. The second time taking it the pain went away but I had severe muscle stiffness in my neck. | I'm not sure this is going to work for me, being that it is not to be taken more than 9 times a month. I get migraines 3 times a week! I am on Neurontin as well so maybe when that builds up it will lesson the frequency. | F | 39 | 2 days 100mg 1X day | 7/30/2011 | 4 | multi-day migraines | drowsiness, diarrhea, burning rectal pain | I have had migraines since I was a teen and only recently sought help. Sumatriptan relieves the migraine but makes me extremely drowsy and I have terrible gastrointenstinal symptoms. Not sure the cure with side effects is worth it. | F | 44 | 1 months 50 MG 1X AN | 5/25/2011 | 4 | Migraine | Initial increase in acuteness of headache; post migraine , Imitrex gives me strange nerve issues: hypersensitivety to hot water, pain in jaw when yawning; also, extreme heartburn/queasy stomach, drowsiness, general dullness/fatigue which usually all resolve in about 2 to 4 hours after taking pill. | This is the only migraine drug I've tried with my headaches that have plagued me for about 10 years now. My triggers seem to be hormonal fluctuations and if I dare to drink any red wine ( I don't anymore). Imitrex thankfully takes away my headaches, which is why I've stuck with it, but I really, really hate the side -effects. I usually try to stick out my migraine until I can go to bed at night or fo at least 2 hours- that helps. | F | 34 | 10 years 100mg 2X M | 5/21/2011 | 5 | cluster migraines | Sometime I get dizzy when I get the whoosh feeling when the drug starts to work. Sometimes a little nausea. | This is the only drug that can completely stop these headaches. I get cluster migraines so severe, that they will come every 4 to 5 hours. I am 47 and spent the first 20 yrs of my life having to just endure these headaches until they went away. This drug saved my life because I could not take the pain anymore. | M | 47 | 20 years 100 4X day | 5/16/2011 | 4 | migraine | No side effects worked excellent. Only side effects were the emptying of the pocketbook. | Imitrex 25 worked within 1/2 hr. for years with no side effects Then I went to Generic Sumiptriptan (made in India) Much cheaper BUT last few time it didn't work very well, sometimes I had to take 3 or 4 times. I have to try Imitrex again.. | F | 71 | 10 years 25 4X AN | 4/9/2011 | 5 | migraines | If I'm not busy I can feel my body relax. | LOVE it. I have been getting migraines sense I was 18 (now 44) with my periods, I would take everything to get rid of them. When that wasn't working anymore I went to the Dr. he prescribed Imitrex. | F | 44 | 8 years 50mg 1X AN | 3/31/2011 | 5 | migraines | At first tingling in my nose that went away after about 15 minutes. Lately, past 6 months or so I am feeling (or imagining that I feel) more of a tightness in my chest. I am 56 and am starting to worry about heart damage and side effects. Other than that, no side effects. | I have tried over a dozen drugs, including topomax twice. I now take imipramine and zonicimide which have cut the frequency down but am still getting migraines. BEWARE of cutting pills in half and taking more than you are supposed to. I did that and had rebound headaches and it was 6-9 months of horror getting weaned from it. No imitrex at all for that time, was in the ER 24 times for shots and the Dr.'s office for shots also to get me through it. Try and find a teaching hospital. I found help at the University of Pittsburgh. | F | 56 | 20 years 100 mg 2X W | 3/31/2011 | 3 | Severe Headaches lasting 3-4 days | warmth, flushing | I took this medication for the first time about a week ago. It brought my headache down to a bearable level after only one pill and I was able to function during my daily activities. Today I took it and it didn't help at all even after the second pill. So I'm not really sure what to think.. | F | 18 | 2 weeks 50 MG 1X day | 3/23/2011 | 1 | Migraines | Almost immediate worsening of pain, very dizzy, blurry vision, and naseous. Pain in my neck and shoulders. | This was my second time using the Imitrex pill, and I'm doubting that it's worth the side effects. I went to bed after taking it, and the headache quickly became unbearable. It eventually got rid of the pain, but the effects of the pill took a long tme to wear off. Next day felt like I had the flu. Very shaky, muscle aches, and a slight headache that seemed like it was right behind my eyes. | F | 22 | 2 days 50MG 1X AN | 3/17/2011 | 5 | migraine type headaches | Half or so of time pain increases for 30 mins+ significantly before I get complete relief, usually. While in this pain I walk like I am drunk. Chest a little queezy after taking. | Shower over my head with water hot as can stand to control major pain. I can play improvization piano much better than usual when pain is relieved. Don't feel high but am euphoric that pain has been relieved. I know! I know! But 12+ years has convinced me. Concerned about effects on heart. Sometimes arm/hand is numb down to center and index finger:suspect due to my damaged neck(related?) or maybe carpal tunnel? | M | 59 | 12 years 100MG 1X day | 3/10/2011 | 4 | migraines | Started on 50mg for migraine but usually needed 2nd and third and 4th pill. Neurologist put me on 100mg, and gave me shots to give myself. Cannot take more than 300mg day. The headache goes in hour or less but then often I feel like I've been run over by a bus. It can still be a 3 day event, like the flu, waisted! But no headache! Migraines are from hell! | Thank you for this site. It embarrases me to be so incompasitated by stupid headaches, but then the "hang over" from it is bad too. | F | 56 | 10 years 100mg 1X AN | 3/9/2011 | 4 | Headache | None, just rebound headaches from taking too much imitrex. Be careful! | At one point I was taking Imitrex every day for 10 years until I switched doctors and he got me cut way back. It turn out Imitrex was giving me a headache from withdraws or “rebound”. You need to be careful when taking this stuff, no more than 100 mg per week. I cut my 100mg pill up and take pieces like others here. Sometimes the pill lasts 2-3 weeks cut back from 50 mg per day. Topamax is the trick. | M | 50 | 15 years 50 - 100 1X AN | 3/5/2011 | 3 | Severe recurring migraines | My doctor STARTED me on 100mg for severe, debilitating migraines I was experiencing 2-3 times a week. Every time I took this medicine, the same thing would happen. It was actually rather frightening. My headache would quickly subside, within 30 minutes or less. But then as soon as the pain left my head, it was as if my body took it on. My arms especially, along with my neck, shoulders, back and chest would be in so much pain it was almost unbearable. Almost as if there was poison in my system working its way out. The pain was so severe I told the doctor about it but he didn't think much of it. That pain would usually last anywhere fom 20 min to an hour, and then all would be gone. Headache and all. While the Imitrex certainly got rid of my migraine, I never figured out what caused the intense body pain, like clockwork, every time I took it. Because of that, I tried to and eventually succeeded in figuring out what was causing my migraines so I no longer had to take Imitrex. | F | 26 | 3 months 100 mg 3X W | 2/25/2011 |