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What is rizatriptan?

Rizatriptan is an antimigraine agent that is used in the treatment of acute treatment of migraine with or without aura.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Migraine 159 27 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Migraine headaches 132 31 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 16 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Atypical Migraine 14 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Headaches 6 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Pain 4 0

See all 229 patients currently taking rizatriptan

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 5
Moderate
 6
Mild
 20
None
 35

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

Drowsiness 9
Tiredness 3
Jaw pain 2
Face Tingling 2
Band of pressure around head 1
Lightheadedness 1
See all 20 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking rizatriptan. See all 13 dosages ►

  200mg as needed as needed 3 10mg as needed 5mg as needed 5 mg as needed 2 10mg as needed 10mg as needed 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 38 Number of Patients: 38 3 Number of Patients: 3 6 Number of Patients: 6 162 Number of Patients: 162 3 Number of Patients: 3 13 Number of Patients: 13 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking rizatriptan (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 57   Did not seem to work: 54%
Doctor's advice 17   Doctor's advice: 16%
Other 16   Other: 15%
Side effects too severe 13   Side effects too severe: 12%
Expense 11   Expense: 10%
Change in health plan coverage 11   Change in health plan coverage: 10%
Course of treatment ended 5   Course of treatment ended: 5%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 1%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 1%

See all 103 patients who’ve stopped taking rizatriptan

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

Currently Taking rizatriptan

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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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Stopped Taking rizatriptan

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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 rizatriptan

Always
 49 74%
Usually
 10 15%
Sometimes
 5 8%
Never
 2 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of rizatriptan

Very
 2 3%
Somewhat
 2 3%
A little
 8 12%
Not at all
 54 82%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of rizatriptan

$200+
 2 5%
$100-199
 1 3%
$50-99
 2 5%
$25-49
 12 32%
< $25
 21 55%

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Report created on May 25, 2012.