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What is Sumatriptan?

Sumatriptan is a selective serotonin receptor agonist used to relieve the symptoms of migraine headaches. It works by narrowing blood vessels in the head and stopping pain signals from being sent to the brain. Sumatriptan does not prevent migraine attacks.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Migraine 322 41 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Migraine headaches 249 54 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 34 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Atypical Migraine 28 2 Efficacy_none
Cluster Headaches 27 1 Efficacy_none
Headaches 16 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight

See all 461 patients currently taking Sumatriptan

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 19
Moderate
 16
Mild
 34
None
 45

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

Sleepiness 10
Nausea and vomiting 5
Pain 5
Clumsiness 4
Tiredness 3
Sore throat (Pharyngitis) 3
See all 59 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Sumatriptan. See all 43 dosages ►

  2 50mg as needed 5mg as needed mg as needed 100mg as needed 4mg/0.5mL as needed 50mg as needed 25mg as needed 6mg/0.5mL as needed 20mg/inh as needed 100 mg daily
  5 Number of Patients: 5 7 Number of Patients: 7 8 Number of Patients: 8 171 Number of Patients: 171 11 Number of Patients: 11 106 Number of Patients: 106 40 Number of Patients: 40 53 Number of Patients: 53 12 Number of Patients: 12 9 Number of Patients: 9  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Sumatriptan (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 72   Did not seem to work: 33%
Side effects too severe 62   Side effects too severe: 29%
Other 44   Other: 20%
Doctor's advice 33   Doctor's advice: 15%
Expense 21   Expense: 10%
Course of treatment ended 12   Course of treatment ended: 6%
Change in health plan coverage 7   Change in health plan coverage: 3%
Not indicated 7   Not indicated: 3%
Personal research 5   Personal research: 2%

See all 207 patients who’ve stopped taking Sumatriptan

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

Currently Taking Sumatriptan

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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 Sumatriptan

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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 Sumatriptan

Always
 72 63%
Usually
 22 19%
Sometimes
 12 11%
Never
 8 7%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Sumatriptan

Very
 8 7%
Somewhat
 10 9%
A little
 20 18%
Not at all
 76 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Sumatriptan

$200+
 4 6%
$100-199
 4 6%
$50-99
 7 11%
$25-49
 11 17%
< $25
 40 61%

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Report created on May 26, 2012.