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What is Eletriptan?

A drug used to treat the symptoms of migraine headache (severe throbbing headache that sometimes comes along with nausea and sensitivity to sound and light). It is in a class of medications called selective serotonin receptor agonists. 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 75 14 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Migraine 70 16 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Other 7 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Headaches 5 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Prevent migraine 3 0
Atypical Migraine 2 0

See all 114 patients currently taking Eletriptan

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 6
Mild
 10
None
 17

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

Dizziness 3
Sleepiness 2
Grogginess 2
Sedation 1
Nausea and vomiting 1
Acid reflux 1
See all 9 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Eletriptan. See all 12 dosages ►

  2 20mg as needed 40mg as needed 20mg as needed 40 mg as needed 80mg as needed 2 40mg as needed 40 mg weekly 80 mg weekly 120 mg weekly 40 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 72 Number of Patients: 72 26 Number of Patients: 26 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Eletriptan (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 23   Did not seem to work: 48%
Other 10   Other: 21%
Expense 7   Expense: 15%
Side effects too severe 6   Side effects too severe: 13%
Doctor's advice 6   Doctor's advice: 13%
Change in health plan coverage 4   Change in health plan coverage: 8%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 4%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 4%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 2%

See all 44 patients who’ve stopped taking Eletriptan

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

Currently Taking Eletriptan

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

Stopped Taking Eletriptan

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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 Eletriptan

Always
 26 74%
Usually
 8 23%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 1 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Eletriptan

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 6 17%
A little
 6 17%
Not at all
 23 66%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Eletriptan

$200+
 2 8%
$100-199
 2 8%
$50-99
 5 21%
$25-49
 5 21%
< $25
 10 42%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.