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What is Imitrex?

Imitrex is a brand name for the drug Sumatriptan, a drug which acts on the serotonin system and is used in the treatment of migraine headaches or trigeminal neuralgia. Read more...Click to read more below

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Migraine headaches 185 40 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Migraine 80 12 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Other 32 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Headaches 12 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Cluster Headaches 7 0
Atypical Migraine 7 1 Efficacy_none

See all 238 patients currently taking Imitrex

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 7
Moderate
 8
Mild
 19
None
 31

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Imitrex

Sleepiness 7
Clumsiness 4
Pain 3
Nausea and vomiting 3
Nausea 2
Uncomfortable to eat or drink after it starts taking effect (like you have eaten something sour (10x magnified). 2
See all 25 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Imitrex. See all 23 dosages ►

  2 50mg as needed 0mg as needed 100mg as needed 50mg as needed 6mg/0.5mL as needed 25mg as needed mg as needed 25 mg daily 50 mg daily 100 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 98 Number of Patients: 98 53 Number of Patients: 53 31 Number of Patients: 31 19 Number of Patients: 19 8 Number of Patients: 8 4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3 6 Number of Patients: 6  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Imitrex (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 26   Other: 29%
Did not seem to work 26   Did not seem to work: 29%
Doctor's advice 17   Doctor's advice: 19%
Side effects too severe 13   Side effects too severe: 14%
Expense 10   Expense: 11%
Course of treatment ended 4   Course of treatment ended: 4%
Change in health plan coverage 3   Change in health plan coverage: 3%
Not indicated 3   Not indicated: 3%
Personal research 2   Personal research: 2%

See all 87 patients who’ve stopped taking Imitrex

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Imitrex

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Taking Imitrex

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Imitrex

Always
 42 65%
Usually
 16 25%
Sometimes
 4 6%
Never
 3 5%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Imitrex

Very
 5 8%
Somewhat
 6 9%
A little
 11 17%
Not at all
 43 66%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Imitrex

$200+
 4 10%
$100-199
 1 3%
$50-99
 5 13%
$25-49
 8 21%
< $25
 21 54%

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Report created on February 09, 2012.