Imitrex (sumatriptan) Treatment Report
Generic Name: Sumatriptan
What is Imitrex?
Imitrex is a brand name for the drug Sumatriptan, a drug which acts on the serotonin system and is used in the treatment of migraine headaches or trigeminal neuralgia.
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Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Migraine | 6 |
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4 | ||||
| Migraine Headaches | 3 |
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2 | ||||
| General health | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Headaches | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Other | 2 |
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1 |
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Side Effects
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Expense
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1 | 100% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- Chelena
- Sex: F
- Depression: 3
- Emotional: 2
- Compulsion: 1
- Anxiety: 3
- Mania: 1
- Physical: 2
- External Stress: Severe
- 54 F
- Function: Low
- Distress: Moderate
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- Chelena
- 50mg as needed
- since Aug 21, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Other
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Side Effects
None
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- snanna
- Sex: F
- Depression: 3
- Emotional: 1
- Compulsion: 2
- Anxiety: 3
- Mania: 1
- Physical: 2
- External Stress: Severe
- 28 F
- Function: Moderate
- Distress: High
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- snanna
- 2 50mg as needed
- since Aug 08, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Migraine Headaches
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Side Effects
Moderate
- Advice/Tips Whenever I take Imitrex I feel like I was hit by a truck. My entire body, including muscles I didn't know I had, feel bruised and paintful to the touch. See full evaluation
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- WriteItOut
- Sex: F
- Depression: 3
- Emotional: 1
- Compulsion: 3
- Anxiety: 1
- Mania: 0
- Physical: 1
- External Stress: Low
- 28 F
- Function: High
- Distress: Moderate
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- WriteItOut
- 100mg as needed
- since Nov 12, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Migraine
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Side Effects
Severe
- Advice/Tips Work amazingly well, and it is completely worth the side effects for me. It can actually cause MORE headaches if taken too often though, so all my doctors t... See full evaluation
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Report created on November 23, 2009.