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 | Migraine/Cluster Headaches | Mild spacey feeling - Nothing else | The last four episodes were gone after about an hour--I love this medication, it is worth every penny. | M | 59 | 30 days | 7/29/2006 | 5 | migraines | sleepiness, dry mouth, if I go to sleep after taking it and then wake back up within 2 hours - I am extremely out of it and groggy and it takes me about a half hour to snap out of it | I've been taking Maxalt MLT as a migraine abortive and it works great. I've tried Imitrex and it just doesn't work for me and actually made me the migraines worse and I got very sick afterward. I have to take the Maxalt almost as soon as I feel the migraine coming on though, or else it doesn't work. I recently began taking Topamax as a preventative and I've noticed that I may be getting rebound headaches from taking the Maxalt with the Topamax. | F | 22 | 10 months | 7/12/2006 | 5 | migraines | definite sleepiness and a "spaced out" feeling, but much better than having a migraine! | Maxalt has changed my life! Before I was diagnosed with migraines I had tried every OTC pain reliever and they didn't help at all, and I was getting 2 or 3 migraines a week that lasted for most of the day. The first time I took Maxalt it was like a miracle. I do feel pretty sleepy and spacy after taking it, but if I take a short nap I wake up and my migraine is gone and I feel great. | F | 22 | 1 years | 6/24/2006 | 5 | Frequent Migraines | Slight drowsiness, tingling in jaw area when tasting something immediately after drug starts taking effect. | This is by far my drug of choice when I get a migraine. I've tried all triptans on the market, this one works the fastest and best for me with the fewest side effects. I like that you can take 3 in 24 hrs, when I get a really bad migraine it often last for several days and keeps coming back. Each dose of Maxalt usually takes the pain away for at least 5-6 hours at a time. Now when it's mild one and I catch it early, one Maxalt will do the trick. If you really want relief from chronic migraines and want to solve the problem at the source, see an Atlas Orthagonal Chiropracter and a Neuromuscular Dentist if you have had extensive dental work done and feel your bite may be off. I suffered horribly for a year and all the neurologists would do was give me drugs. I finally found the answers myself and wish I had of known sooner how to get to the source of the migraines. It's worth checking out if no one else is really helping you. It's changed my life and very quickly. | F | 37 | 1.5 years | 6/13/2006 | 2 | Migraine | No side effects noticed | Had no effect. I suffer from cluster migraines and nothing short of vicodin has worked so far. | F | 40 | 3 months | 5/30/2006 | 5 | Migraines | slight sleepiness | This drug works so fast! I take it, lie down for about 20-30 minutes, and then am able to wake up a new person (no headache). This is nothing like the other drugs that make you want to throw up or dizzy. Works so well, and I really like the dissolving pills. Highly recommended. | F | 23 | 2 years | 5/19/2006 | 5 | migraine | none (but i took it before bed) | my migraine disappeared within half an hour -- pretty amazing. | M | 48 | | 4/14/2006 | 3 | migraines | Instant sleepiness | worked well for a while, though I would need a nap when I would initially take it. after two years or so, the medication stopped working for me. | F | 32 | 3 years | 3/19/2006 | 5 | migraines | being sleepy | It works rapidly. I won't leave home without it. It is the first migraine medicine that I have taken that seems to work within minutes not half hours. | F | 48 | | 2/11/2006 | 5 | Migraine | Upper arm fatigue | This drug changed my life by giving me the ability to function despite a migraine attack. | F | 41 | 4 years | 12/28/2005 | 4 | Tension Migraine | Nausea, hypersensitivity to hot liquids, muscle weakness, drowsiness. | I liked it because it wa sublingual and provided relief quickly but the nausea was too much to I changed to zomig. | M | 45 | 2 years | 11/19/2005 | 3 | Cluster Headaches | I had to give it a 3 because of the cost. Boy does it work, but when you have two headaches a day there is no way you can afford it. So I'm only lucky when I can afford it. Otherwise I have to suffer one of the headaches and take darvacet for the evening headache. That's a killer everyday now for a month. Usually the bouts of headackes only last me a few weeks and they are less intense. Then I can use maxalt when I need them. Wish they would lower the price. | M | 52 | 30 days | 8/23/2005 | 5 | Migraine | Maxalt is absolutely the real deal. I've used it twice in the six months since I asked for some kind of migraine prescription, and it has absolutely saved 4 days of my life that I would have lost to aura vision, pounding headaches, and light sensitivity. I carry it around with me all the time. Last night I took it right when I noticed vision effects -- this was a big one, with | M | 30 | 6 months | 8/18/2005 | 4 | Migraine headache | Yawning, slight drowsiness, tingling feeling in jaw (behind my ears) sort of like electric jolts. | This pill works fairly well. It usually takes two doses before my headache is completely gone. | F | 33 | 1 years | 7/17/2005 | 5 | migrane | none | Maxalt is only thing myself and my daughter have taken that work for migranes. She reports it rids her headaches. I've been at work with a headache that has lasted for up to 48 hours. I had nausea, feeling of loss of equilibrium. Taking a Maxalt knocked out the headache within 10-15 minutes. | F | 46 | 2 years | 7/13/2005 | 3 | migraines | no side effects at all. | If you catch the headache soon enough it works great. If you wait until you have a bad migraine, then sometimes it takes two doses in the 24 hours to work. | F | 56 | 4 years | 6/28/2005 | 5 | WICKED MIGRAINES! | Tiny bit of drowsiness, like you want to take a nap. You can work though. | Maxalt takes my migraine away in about 45 minutes. Within one to one half hours its gone. Little bit of drowsiness but certainly beats the drum pounding head and temples | F | 37 | 1 days | 6/8/2005 | 5 | migraines | none | I have been trying for decades to find a medication for my frequent migraines. This is the only medicine to work. It has changed my life - I can work, socialize, make plans and carry them through. I still can get frequent migraines, especially when I have my period, but Maxalt zaps them completely out of my system within 1 hour, if not sooner. Rarely do I have to even take a 2nd dose. I do take Maxalt with 800 mg ibuprofen at the same time (my doctor said that was fine) and the combination does the trick. Where was this stuff all of my life? | F | 41 | 21 months | 4/19/2005 | 5 | Migraine | Max-Alt makes you tired. Max-Alt is expensive since it's a brand name, but all migraine sufferers know they would pay anything to get rid of a migraine. | Max-Alt works within 45 minutes, unlike Imitrex which could take up to 4 hours and still not work. Max-Alt is a miracle drug and if you haven't used it on your migraines yet, you've been suffering for no reason - ask your doctor for Max-Alt, spend the money, you'll wonder why you waited so long. | F | 41 | 5 years | 4/6/2005 | 5 | Migraines | A little bit of tiredness / fuzziness but not nearly as bad as Zomig and much more effective at ridding migraine than Imitrex. Very fast relief, too, due to rapid disinitegration. | I need the rapid disintegration tab due to severe nausea during full-blown migraine. This is a miracle and more effective than the zomig rapid tab. | F | 33 | 2 years | 2/24/2005 |