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What is Frovatriptan?

Frovatriptan is an antimigraine agent. It is used for the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura in adults.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Migraine headaches 21 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Migraine 6 1 Efficacy_moderate
Other 5 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Headaches 1 0
Atypical Migraine 1 0
Prevent migraine 1 1 Efficacy_moderate

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 1
Mild
 2
None
 4

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

Sleepiness 2
Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence) 1
Weight gain 1
Stomach pain 1
Difficulty waking up 1
Dizziness upon standing (ie too quickly) 1

Reported Dosages

  2 2.5mg as needed 2.5 mg as needed 2.5mg as needed 2.5 mg monthly 2.5 mg daily 5 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 21 Number of Patients: 21 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Frovatriptan (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 38%
Doctor's advice 3   Doctor's advice: 38%
Other 3   Other: 38%
Expense 1   Expense: 13%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 13%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 13%

See all 8 patients who’ve stopped taking Frovatriptan

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

Currently Taking Frovatriptan

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

Stopped Taking Frovatriptan

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Frovatriptan

Always
 4 50%
Usually
 2 25%
Sometimes
 1 13%
Never
 1 13%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Frovatriptan

Very
 1 13%
Somewhat
 1 13%
A little
 1 13%
Not at all
 5 63%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Frovatriptan

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 2 67%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 1 33%

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Report created on February 09, 2012.