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What is Migranal?

Migranal® is a brand name of the drug dihydroergotamine. It is used in the treatment of migraine headache with or without aura; injection also indicated for treatment of cluster headaches.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Migraine headaches 8 0
Migraine 2 1 Efficacy_none
Headaches 1 0
Head pain, migraines 1 0

See all 11 patients currently taking Migranal

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 0

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

Bad taste in mouth 1

Reported Dosages

  4 mg as needed 4mg/mL as needed 8 mg as needed 4 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Migranal (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 67%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 33%

See all 3 patients who’ve stopped taking Migranal

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

Currently Taking Migranal

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

Stopped Taking Migranal

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Migranal

Always
 1 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Migranal

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 1 100%
Not at all
 0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Migranal

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 0 0%

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Report created on February 12, 2012.