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What is Zolmitriptan?

Zolmitriptan is used to treat the symptoms of migraine headache. It is in a class of medications called selective serotonin (5-HT) receptor agonists. It does not prevent migraine headaches. It comes in oral tablet form or as a nasal spray.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Migraine 89 17 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Migraine headaches 55 12 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Migraine with aura 5 0
Atypical Migraine 5 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 5 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Headaches 3 2 Efficacy_major

See all 94 patients currently taking Zolmitriptan

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 6
Moderate
 2
Mild
 6
None
 19

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

Face Tingling 3
Chest pain 2
Drowsiness 2
Dizziness 2
Numbness in right side 1
Poor circulation in hands and feet 1
See all 12 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Zolmitriptan. See all 11 dosages ►

  5mg as needed 3 5mg as needed 4 2.5mg as needed 6 2.5mg as needed 5 mg as needed 2.5mg as needed 2.5 mg yearly 5 mg weekly 4 mg daily 5 mg daily
  58 Number of Patients: 58 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 23 Number of Patients: 23 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Zolmitriptan (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 35   Did not seem to work: 52%
Doctor's advice 14   Doctor's advice: 21%
Side effects too severe 12   Side effects too severe: 18%
Other 9   Other: 13%
Expense 4   Expense: 6%
Course of treatment ended 3   Course of treatment ended: 4%
Personal research 2   Personal research: 3%
Change in health plan coverage 2   Change in health plan coverage: 3%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 1%

See all 67 patients who’ve stopped taking Zolmitriptan

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

Currently Taking Zolmitriptan

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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 Zolmitriptan

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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 Zolmitriptan

Always
 25 76%
Usually
 5 15%
Sometimes
 3 9%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Zolmitriptan

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 2 6%
A little
 2 6%
Not at all
 29 88%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Zolmitriptan

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 6%
$25-49
 3 18%
< $25
 12 71%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.