MAXALT-MLT Reviews (RIZATRIPTAN BENZOATE)Average Rating: 4.3 (187 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare MAXALT-MLT with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR MAXALT-MLT | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | migrains | little tired, but my head hurts so bad that this is the only thing I have found to help. | My Dr and the Insurance Company want me to try a seizure medision,because the dr says I am having too many headache and of course the Insurance Co they just dont want to pay because the medision is so expensive. | F | 59 | 7 years 10mg 1X day | 12/3/2010 | 5 | migraines, tension headaches | sleepiness later, just realized this as I tend to nod off later in day. | I love this medication as soon as it starts to melt in my mouth, I begin to feel relief. I am getting my life back. I will go somewhere if I have this medication. The fear has left me. I always hated taking "heavy sedatives or strong drugs" and max-alt does not make me feel drugged. The price is way too high, wish they would lower it. | F | 56 | 10 years 10 mg 1X day | 11/19/2010 | 5 | Migraine | Yawning. Sleepy after | I get horrible migraines w/ aura and vomitting 4-5 times in a 24 hr period for two weeks to a month. This happens about every two to three years. Having migrains for days on end is enough to want to kill yourself. Luckily there is maxalt. It works! 40 min. After taking the dissolving pill the screw driver is removed from my right temple and relief follows. | M | 34 | 5 years 10 4X day | 11/15/2010 | 3 | Severe Right Side Headaches | Sleepy, Dry Mouth | This is my second go round with MaxAlt-MLT...I started taking it approx. 5 yrs ago for the same type of headache..it's great for somewhat immediate relieve; however, it doesn't totally take all of the pain away. This time around I've suffered with daily headaches for a year and 1/2..it's a shame that you get used to the pain. I'm currently also taking Gabapentin as a preventative...which isn't working so well, hence my need to take MaxAlt. I'm thankful it does take some of the pain away...just wish it lasted longer. | F | 37 | 20 days 10 2X day | 11/2/2010 | 4 | hormonal migraine | Maxalt does make my head feel much better but I am left feeling extremely tired, light-headed and dizzy. I will not drive at all after I have taken Maxalt. The only problem is that my headache often comes back about 9-10 hours later but not nearly as severe as it was before and I will just take a darvocet this time and that will help. | M | 54 | 7 years 10 mg 1X day | 10/10/2010 | 5 | Migraines (with and without aura) | Dry mouth and tired for a few hours after taking it. Nowhere near enough of a reason not to take it! | Maxalt is my go-to abortive drug of choice. I've had migraines since I was a child, getting worse over the years, with and without aura. I get 15+ a month. Ugh. I've been on tons of drugs to prevent (haven't found one that works yet) and to abort. I was prescribed Maxalt about 8 years ago after trying all the narcotics, Imitrex etc. It was a life saver. It has "weakened" a bit in efficacy over the years, sometimes I may need to take it with three advil or take two in order for it to kick a headache in the butt, but it still does it's job wonderfully. I honestly don't know how I survived without it. I also get rebound migraines after taking a triptan and Maxalt has the least frequency of this happening. Doctors keep trying to get me to switch to other triptans, not sure why but Maxalt seems like one of their least favs of the triptans, and I keep coming back to it. For me, it is the best abortive I've ever tried and if they ever take it off the market I'm in trouble. :) | F | 33 | 8 years 10 mg 1X AN | 10/7/2010 | 4 | Migraine | Severe itching of the face (may be due to an allergic reaction) And tilted vision (already a history of vision problems though as well) | It was my first time taking this medicine. My doctor prescribed it to take as needed with advil to take care of my migraines. Worked well except for the slightly tilted vision and severe itching of the face. I don't know if those side effects are typical though. All in all I'd say I was very satisfied with this medicine. It's been the most effective one yet for me. | F | 15 | 10 MG 1X AN | 9/20/2010 | 5 | For a migraine | Very dry mouth. | I took it as soon as my visual disturbances started to go away but before the pain began (which is when my neurologist told me to take it). The headache did kick in but it was nothing compared to the usual pain I experience. I also took 3 Advil and was able to function for the rest of the day which I have never been able to do in the 17 years I've been a migraine sufferer. Some of the other symptoms I get with migraines (nausea, numbness, etc.) never materialized either although I did feel drained all day and napped as soon as I got home. I've tried several other medications and nothing has had this effect. | F | 29 | 1 days 10 mg 1X day | 9/11/2010 | 5 | Migraines | Rarely the migraine will increase before clears up | 35 years of migraines and this is the only thing that works. I worry that I'm taking too much (15 a month), but no prevenative meds work for me. If I combine it with Advil (my doctor ok'd this), it is even more (quicker) effective. | F | 56 | 10 years 10 mg 1X AN | 9/5/2010 | 5 | migraine | I feel a little light headed. I can't feel my skin. | I took this as soon as I started to feel that pain. 20 minutes later, almost gone. No nausea. Weird light effects went away instantly. | F | 37 | 1 days 10mg 1X day | 8/19/2010 | 5 | migraines | sleepy, always have to urinate right when I notice my headache is gone, sometimes it makes me vomit if I was already feeling nauseous | F | 32 | 8 years 10 MG 1X AN | 7/20/2010 | 3 | Migrains | Broke out in a sweat. Headache moved from behind my eyes to the top of my forhead....after 2 hrs, headache dissapeared. Slightly sleepy. | M | 40 | 1 days 10 1X day | 7/7/2010 | 5 | headache | None | Took it for the first time yesterday. Had a headache for almost two days. Within 20 minutes of taking it, I started feeling much better. | F | 47 | 1 days 10mg 1X day | 6/6/2010 | 5 | migraines | Does make you thirsty due to dry mouth, and you will pee more than usual. May make you drowsy. | The only think that will work when I feel a migraine coming on or once Iv'e gotten one. It also helps with shoulder pain I have on left side of body. When ever I take a Maxalt my pain in shoulder area and upper back is better for at lest 24 hours. | F | 52 | 10 mg 1X day | 6/1/2010 | 5 | Migraine. | None, save perhaps for slight drowsyness but I always need to sleep after recovery usually. | A lifesaver for me. Suffered with terrible migraines for 40 years. I had suffered with them since my teens and got used to them getting them once a month or every week in later life. I thought it was natural to get one having them for so long.- over 40 years! Finally went to doctors (yes after all that time!) as it was getting too much for me getting older. Doc prescribed Maxalt and next time a migraine started I took half a pill and lay down. half hour later it has stopped were before I would have been looking at 12 hours minimum of throwing up and head torture. Then 24 hours to recover. Now 9 times out of 10 this wonder pill stops a migraine in its tracks. I usually only have to take half pill too. Bliss. I thought migraines were a way of life I had got so used to them over the years. Funny thing was after 40 years I cut out sugar after hearing Jack l'Laine (spelling?)fitness guru, on the radio in 2005 saying he used to have headaches and cut sugar out of his diet and never got one again. I tried that (stopped sugar as much asI could)and found that YES, Sugar sets mine off! So I cut sugar out and I rarely get a Migraine now unless I eat sugary things (and No I am not diabetic) but if I do these pills save me. Thankyou. | M | 56 | 5 - 10 mg 1X AN | 5/21/2010 | 5 | Severe Migraines | None | This drug has been a miracle! Nothing else has ever helped me! I have tried EVERYTHING! It is expensive though. With my insurance I still have a copay of $50 for a max of 12 pills a month. Im a college student, so thats a lot fo money for me! There isnt a generic available in the US yet =/ | F | 21 | 3 months 10mg 1X AN | 5/11/2010 | 5 | severe migraines | Dry mouth. Felt some tingling in the hands. | Great medication. It has been God-sent. I have tried sooo many others to no avail. If taken right away on the onset of the migraine, it will work right away. Not everyone is the same so it works differently for everyone. Sometimes I have to take 2 within 24 hours because it will go away but after 10 hours the pain comes back. | F | 45 | 8 months 10 mg 2X day | 4/2/2010 | 5 | Migraines | Cotton mouth...no biggie. | The BEST migraine medication out there. First I was on Topamax....felt like a "mentally challenged zombie" with numb hands. Then I was on Axert, that worked really well to, but it was VERY expensive. Maxalt-MLT is a miracle drug, works VERY fast (30-60 minutes). I totally recommend this to anyone who suffers with migraines. | F | 31 | 6 months 10 3X M | 3/14/2010 | 5 | Migraines | Slight fatigue and dry mouth | Best migraine med I've taken, I sometimes get by with just half a pill. | M | 39 | 2 years 5-10 mg 3X W | 3/5/2010 | 1 | Migrain | Doctors recommendation was taking it when the migraine starts: 15 Min. after taken the pill my light migraine(level 2 pain) was a full blown migraine(level 10+).As recommended by the doctor, I took the second dose after 3 hours, after 1/2 an hour my head felt as if it was in a vise and my skull was to small for my brain. 12 hours after taken the medicine the dressiness started, that lasted the whole next day. | I have food allergy migraines 2+ times a month, which last 2-6 hours. When I catch the migraine early 2 EXCEDRIN Migraine pills getting rid of the pain. With MAXALT-MLT I was 2 days in pain: never again. | F | 55 | 1 days 10mg 2X AN | 2/27/2010 |