MAXALT Reviews (RIZATRIPTAN BENZOATE)Average Rating: 4.0 (314 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare MAXALT with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR MAXALT | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | migraine headaches | mild fatigue...usually clears headache within 30 minutes and occasionally will cause sleep for about one hour.........face tingling, but have pinpointed this reaction only when pain is not true migraine but instead tension from occipital nerve inflammation | only migraine med that has worked with minimal side effects - GREAT med for a life long migraine sufferer | F | 37 | 2 years 10 mg 1X day | 4/20/2011 | 5 | Migraines | Truly a miracle for my migraines. Within 30 minutes of dosage the migraine is gone. I just need to sleep for about an hour and then I am fine. Nothing worked before, tried everything. It's expensive if your insurance doesn't cover it but the drug company was extremely generous with their patient assistance program and gave me a 2 year prescription at no cost till I had insurance that covered it. | F | 49 | 6 years 10mg 1X AN | 4/13/2011 | 3 | Migraine | The side effects depend on when I take the drug in relation to the state of my migraine. If I take the drug immediately at the on-set of a migraine, it typically eliminates the pain within 20 minutes with minimal fatigue. I am not always able to take the medication within this fashion. The onset of my migraines are quick...first symptoms to full blown pain within 10 minutes...therefore, if I take the medication once the pain is severe, then it may take an hour or more for the pain to subside. If the pain does not subside after an hour, I typically take a second Maxalt. Side effects of the drug, when taken in this fashion, include fatigue and trouble focusing. I am also plagued with feelings of lethargy for several hours after taking the medication. | F | 33 | 12 years 10 MG 1X AN | 4/9/2011 | 5 | Cluster migraine with aura | Tightness in throat (similar to when you are trying to hold back tears), frequent urination, grogginess, no energy | the side effects are uncomfortable but I would take them tripled over one of my migraines any day. Maxalt kicks my butt, but it knocks the migraine pain out before it can begin. Love it, always have it on me just in case. Oh- I also found that 800mg ibuprofen helps those side effects some. | F | 35 | 2 times 10mg 1X AN | 4/4/2011 | 5 | migraines | a little drowzy and tired | Works so well, within the hour, but I always wait to long before I take it. | F | 44 | 5 years 10 3X day | 3/24/2011 | 5 | Migraines | I have not experienced any side effects from this medication. I expected to be somewhat tired, but if anything, I have more energy since I become migraine free so quickly. | I absolutely love this medication. Takes an hour to work, but it is a miracle medication. | F | 43 | 2 years 10 mG 1X day | 3/15/2011 | 5 | migraine headache | Mild weakness, mild tiredness | It is amazing, this drug is wonderful. Migraines gone wihtin 30 minutes - awesome! Everytime I take it I say to myself, "this is a super drug" has helped me so much. | F | 28 | 5 years 10 mg 1X AN | 3/11/2011 | 4 | frequent migraines | tired, but good tired, like after a long workout. Possible rebound headaches? | This drug has been so helpful! It sometimes works well on its own but when combined with Tylenol I find my migraine is gone within 15 minutes. I can actually feel the pain draining away. Amazing! My only concern is that more often than not, the headache returns within 12-16 hours and I end up dealing with it for days at a time. It's hard to know if Maxalt just postpones the migraine and prolongs it, or if I would have had 5 days worth of pain anyway. Still, it's fantastic to be able to stop a migraine when I need to (like important family events) even if it does come back later. | F | 46 | 1 years 10 mg 1X AN | 2/25/2011 | 5 | Migraines | Nothing major, alittle sleeping the next day, better than a migraine! | I have suffered from migraines for five years now and they get worse with age I'm starting to notice, Maxalt saved my life, i have not been able to live a normal life in about a year. I get migraines almost everyday. A little sleeping the next day but nothing major, I use to take 8 to 12 tylenol or ibpro everyday so imagine how my body felt, Im down to 2-4 a day now thanks to Maxalt. Kind of expensive but here's a helpful tip, order them from kanada. I get 40-10mg Maxalt for $400, which is better then paying $400 for 12-10mg Maxalt at CVS! I hope Maxalt works for you as well as it has for me. | M | 24 | 6 months 10mg 1X day | 2/16/2011 | 5 | Migraines | Sometimes feel tired, but not as tired as an untreated migraine attack used to leave me. | When taken promptly I find the pain goes within an hour and even if I delay taking it the migraine is gone within two hours. The quicker I take it, the better I feel, almost 100%; the longer I leave it and the migraine sets in, then I feel tired for hours afterwards. | F | 58 | 10 years 1X W | 2/4/2011 | 3 | Migraine | Extreme tightening in my throat, painful to swallow, "drunken" feeling, weak limbs, inability to lift myself easily when i went to lay down because this drug made me so fatigued. my headache disappeared but it made me sleep for five hours(from 1-5) i never sleep during the day. was drowsy and somewhat confused for a while after i woke up. | F | 20 | 1 days 10 MG 1X day | 1/9/2011 | 5 | Migraines | minor fatigue | Tried every other drug for migraines and Maxalt is the only thing that helps me. Almost always my migraine is gone within a half hour! | F | 24 | 2 years 10mg 1X AN | 12/15/2010 | 5 | migraine | heavy aching arms, drowsy drugged feeling | This is the only medicine that stops my migraine, usually within half an hour. Chest pain once. | F | 60 | 2 years 30mg 2X W | 12/12/2010 | 5 | migrane | nothing major. Maybe a slight fuzzy feeling in my head. | Works in 30 minutes for me, then migrane is gone. I like to take this as infrequently as possible (maybe 1 pill every 4 to 6 weeks), but it really works when I get a major migrane. | M | 36 | 1 years 10mg 1X AN | 11/29/2010 | 4 | migraine | tiredness, a little tingling sensation | takes about 2 hours to work - then migraine is completely gone | F | 42 | 10 MG 1X AN | 11/23/2010 | 5 | Migraines | Frequent urination, sleepy | Maxalt has helped me a great deal - rather than laying in bed completely out of commission when I'm having a migraine, this medicine makes it so that I can feel better and continue to be productive, or at least continue with my day. It does make me feel tired or sleepy but the positives outweigh the negatives. | F | 23 | 2 years 10 1X AN | 11/19/2010 | 4 | chronic headaches | it took two hours to kick in, but my head hasn't felt this wonderful in months... only thing is I feel a little high and a little giddy | F | 44 | 1 days 10 1X day | 11/19/2010 | 4 | Migraines | Fatigue, feeling out of it, tingling in my nose as like when you drink soda too fast | Maxalt worked like a charm for my migraines and migraine-related nausea, even when it was already full-blown. I don't like taking a lot of medications, so I would often wait until it was unbearable to take it, and even then it did its job. It did make me really tired, but I was still able to be productive at work, which I wasn't able to be when I had a bad migraine. It's been a long time since taking it because my headaches (which I think were stress-related mostly) went away for a while. I recently began getting them again and they've been interfering with my job, so I requested a prescription from my doctor, which he wrote. However, the pharmacist showed concern when I tried to get the prescription filled. He would not administer the drug without receiving a direct request from my doctor. I don't know why the sudden concern. My doctor has not gotten back to me on this. | F | 29 | 1 years I forget 1X AN | 11/12/2010 | 4 | migraine | dry mouth sore throat fatigue | takes about 2 hours to work but then 12 hours of relief | M | 49 | 3 days 10 1X day | 11/8/2010 | 3 | Migraine | Depression. Extreme exhaustion. | About an hour after I took this, I started feeling very depressed. Slept for almost 24 hours. Depression lasted a few days. Migraine reduced to a dull ache initially, but returned the next day. Not worth it ... | F | 37 | 1 days 10MG 1X day | 11/4/2010 |