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 |
| 4 | Migraines | I usually experience 1-2 migraines a month, mostly due to hormonal issues. My migraines will last for a period of 36-48 hours. I've lived with migraines for 35+ years. | I switched to Maxalt-MLT and really like the quick dissolving tablet, however, my migraine usually comes back about 8 hours later and then I retake another tablet. I just wish the medication would last at least 12 hours! | F | 49 | 3 months | 12/10/2009 | 3 | Migraines | Slight drowsiness-not sure if it's from the meds or the headache, sudden need to urinate (usually when the meds start working), cotton mouth, rebound headaches | This was a miracle drug in the beginning-I get around 2 migraines a month-sometimes hormonal, sometimes food allergies, sometimes I have no idea why....through the years I've had to take more as I get more rebound headaches-it usually "wears off" after about 9 hours and I usually need about 4-5 doses to knock it out-seems like I'd have the migraine for about 48 hours whether I took meds or not. | F | 42 | 7 years | 11/16/2009 | 5 | migraines | extreme lethargy, delayed responses, dry mouth | this is a great drug, took away the migraine about 2 minutes after i took it, have been living with intense head pain for months and treid many medications, this is the first one that helped | F | 37 | 1 days | 11/5/2009 | 5 | severe migraines | Sometimes my face goes a little numb, but consulted with my doctor and we decided it was okay. Some drowsiness. | I've been taking this since 7th grade, it's always done the trick. No worrying side effects, I can function pretty well on it (though I prefer to curl up in a dark room, anyway). I love the disintegrating tablets, when I feel like I can't keep anything down, I don't have to worry! | F | 24 | 10 years | 10/12/2009 | 5 | bad distorted vision and headaches | The only things I had after taking maxalt was I felt a bit light headed/very dry mouth/felt cold allday. | I suffer sight disturbances which start off a little an then get so bad that everything I look at goes blurred and fuzzy. It starts off a small blob in the centre of my vision and after about 10mins it can go across the whole of my sight, sometimes only one eye is affected but it does happen in both usually. This has happened when I have been driving and I have had to stop the car as its got so bad its become to dangerous to drive as I can't see the road or other vehicles on it. This can last for hours.I don't actually get pain till the next day once the sight thing as gone away, then I feel sick and get a pain in my haed like there is a sledge hammer in it. Doctor first gave me Zydol pain killers for the headaches which are to strong for me and made me feel drousy,so thats why I have changed to Maxalt Melt. I must admit I was a bit worried at first about taking it, but it worked after 40mins and my sight returned to normal. Absolutely great. | F | 34 | 6 times | 10/3/2009 | 5 | cluster headache(migraine variant) | none | I have chronic cluster headaches, normally 2 times a day, and everyday. Maxalt is an amazing abortive medicine for me, though rediculously expensive. I take half a tablet at the at the start of the headache, and relief comes within one to one-and a-half hours. Maybe once in 25 times I'll have to take the second half. My headaches are different than usual cluster headaches in that they will last 6 to 12 hours if untreated. I take 900 mg of lithium and 320 mg verapamill daily as a preventative, but all that does is reduce the severity of 8-10 to 4-6, doesn't help frequency. | M | 72 | 2 years | 9/5/2009 | 5 | for migraine headaches | dry mouth, a little sleepy | maxalt mlt has been a godsend and after 30+ years of having migraines i have finally found a way to get rid of them! | F | 50 | 3 years | 9/1/2009 | 5 | migraines | a bit sleepy - can ignore this, though, by keeping busy..... | LOVE this medication. One advantage to Maxalt over Imitrex (which didn't work as well anyway) is that it can be taken without water so it's easily transportable. The dissolving tablet avoids the other problem I had with Imitrex - throwing it up, since water could upset my stomach. Have been cutting the tablet in half when headache is mild - seems to work although may need to take other half later. Also, am pleased with the fresh minty taste. | F | 62 | 10 years | 8/13/2009 | 5 | Hormone Driven Headaches | None | I was living for years with severe one sided muscle tension type headaches almost every month during my period. Once they started, nothing worked to ease the pain and they would last 2 to 3 days. Never thought they were migrains. Then someone gave me a maxalt to try. I now have a perscription and haven't had a headache since !!! Sometimes I have to take them daily for several days during my cycle - but the headaches are gone. Maxalt is expensive, but well worth every penny. | F | 47 | 9 months | 8/13/2009 | 5 | Migraines | tingling in jaw when i eat or drink; loopy or drunk feeling; and i get real sleepy | WONDERFUL i have had migraines for about 11 years now and this is the best thing i have ever had!! i take it and almost instantly the migraine is gone... i dont like feeling loopy but it usually doenst last that long so thats not bad. This product has really saved me! | F | 20 | 1 years | 7/10/2009 | 5 | Migrane headaches | a passing and minor tightening in my neck muscles, almost a signal for me that the drug is about to turn the tide so to speak. No adverse side effects however. | This drug changed my life, made it possible to work a full day, made it possible to get back to a normal life. I had been taking Zomig in pill form, but it lost effectivness over a three year period. I have been taking Maxalt for a least seven years I think. It is the silver bullet iwas looking for. I now also take 20mg ofNortriptyline as a preventative measure. This has cut down my Maxalt use to almost nothing. If you are a female with hormonal related Migrane headaches i recomend talking to your provider about this preventative measure. I did not want to take "One more drug"... My doc talked me into giving it a try and for the first time in over twenty years I feel great, and am pain free all month long. Iguess there is something to be said for not giving up after all ;) | F | 49 | 7 years | 7/6/2009 | 4 | migraine | Major drownisess and fatigue. Need to talk a nap. Although the migraines goes away it comes right back the next day. Does not nip it for good. | F | 28 | 6 months | 6/29/2009 | 5 | Migraine headaches | No side effects - almost instant relief! | I have taken Maxalt-MLT -10 mg about twice a month since January, 2009 - Since I relate most of my migraines to sinus problems, I have taken an OTC sinus pain reliever first. If my headache hasn't gone within an hour, I will take the Maxalt-MLT - It's an immediate pain reliever for me. When I take Maxalt-MLT FIRST, I have no need for the sinus tablets. Also, the minty taste goes away fast. It's been a miracle for me so far. | F | 67 | 6 months | 6/6/2009 | 5 | Migraine | None | I have been using Maxalt MLT for 5 years this is a very good medication that works every time for me if I take it right away at the onset of a migraine headache. If I wait to long to us Maxalt , than my headache take about three days to clear while taking Maxalt 5mg twice a day with Tylenol between dosages I also used Gabapentin to help control the number of times I have headache and it reduced the number of migraine for two a week to about two or three a month. No side effects from Maxalt at all, but Gabapentin will have some side effects, but nothing I couldn’t deal with. | M | 49 | 5 years | 5/31/2009 | 5 | Migrain Headaches | I didn't experience any side effects with this drug | I tried several types of migrain meds but the only one that worked fast and effectively was Maxalt but the one I was on was the one that you slipped under the tongue; I think it was Maxalt HZT? not sure. | F | 49 | 2 years | 5/23/2009 | 5 | Migraine | euphoria in having the pain gone! I could get on with my day. | Wow! Pain diminished by half right after taking it and within 20 minutes the headache was gone. | M | 52 | 1 days | 4/26/2009 | 1 | migraines | intensified my migraine affecting my vision worse than normal and worse pain | Fist time I took this I was excited to see how it worked. Unfortunately for me it was not the majic cure. I took it almost immediately, normally my vision is affected for approx 20 mins. After the 20 mins it started to ease then BAMM it hit me with a vengeance, my vision blurred again and the pain hit me with a force I have not experienced in a long time. Very disappointed :o( | F | 31 | 1 days | 4/22/2009 | 5 | Migraine Headaches | None | Maxalt works great! | F | 54 | 7 years | 4/15/2009 | 5 | severe migraines | none at all | In the past 2 years my migraines went from needing to lay down for the day in a cool quiet dark place to completely unbearable to the point where I'd consider suicide as the only alternative to rid myself of this indescribable pain. Still they only came once every couple months until suddenly I started to get them every day for weeks straight sometimes once every few hours. I couldn't function in the slightest and even now having Maxalt MLT it is still sometimes difficult to get to the pill and to open it but within 30 minutes of it dissolving I feel as if I never had a migraine! It is a miracle. I have been taking them for over a year now and sometimes such as lately have to take them every day for a couple weeks straight and they still work perfectly every time. The taste isn't bad either, tastes a little like an altoid, or one of those listerine dissolving mints strips. I'd reccommend Maxalt MLT to anyone who has been suffering from severe migraines. | M | 26 | 1 years | 4/10/2009 | 5 | HORMONAL MIGRAINES | 30 MINUTES AFTER TAKING 2-3 BIG SNEEZES | IT IS WONDERFUL. I HAVE SUFFERED FROM MIGRAINES BUT THOUGHT THEY WERE SINUS HEADACHES FOR YEARS.. NOW I AM CURED: CAN TAKE 10MG ON THE ONSET --EVEN A FEW HRS AFTER--AND I AM PAIN FREE W/IN THE HOUR. MY LIFE HAS GREATLY IMPROVED & NO LONGER DREAD THAT 1 WEEK! | F | 48 | 7 months | 3/10/2009 |