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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. 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 239 33 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Migraine headaches 231 52 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 24 1 Efficacy_none
Cluster Headaches 22 1 Efficacy_none
Headaches 14 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight

See all 402 patients currently taking Sumatriptan

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 15
Moderate
 13
Mild
 34
None
 42

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

Sleepiness 9
Nausea and vomiting 5
Clumsiness 4
Pain 3
Nausea 3
Sore throat (Pharyngitis) 3
See all 50 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Sumatriptan. See all 42 dosages ►

  100mg as needed 5mg as needed mg as needed 50mg as needed 4mg/0.5mL as needed 6mg/0.5mL as needed 25mg as needed 20mg/inh as needed 25 mg daily 100 mg daily
  152 Number of Patients: 152 7 Number of Patients: 7 8 Number of Patients: 8 88 Number of Patients: 88 9 Number of Patients: 9 47 Number of Patients: 47 31 Number of Patients: 31 10 Number of Patients: 10 5 Number of Patients: 5 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 53   Did not seem to work: 31%
Side effects too severe 46   Side effects too severe: 27%
Other 37   Other: 22%
Doctor's advice 25   Doctor's advice: 15%
Expense 19   Expense: 11%
Course of treatment ended 7   Course of treatment ended: 4%
Change in health plan coverage 6   Change in health plan coverage: 4%
Not indicated 5   Not indicated: 3%
Personal research 4   Personal research: 2%

See all 163 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

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
 68 65%
Usually
 20 19%
Sometimes
 9 9%
Never
 7 7%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Sumatriptan

Very
 8 8%
Somewhat
 10 10%
A little
 19 18%
Not at all
 67 64%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Sumatriptan

$200+
 4 6%
$100-199
 4 6%
$50-99
 7 11%
$25-49
 11 17%
< $25
 37 59%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.