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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. Read more...Click to read more below

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Reasons Taken

64 patients in the community are taking or have taken Imitrex.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 38 59%
Migrane 17 26%
Headaches/ Migraines 3 4%
Headache 2 3%
Pain 2 3%
General health 1 1%
Slow my MS progress 1 1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Imitrex.

Top 10 (Show all)

All (Show Top 10)

  0 mg As needed 6 mg As needed 10 mg As needed 20 mg As needed 25 mg As needed 50 mg As needed 60 mg As needed 100 mcg As needed 100 mg As needed 25 mg Daily 100 mg Daily
  9 Number of Patients: 9 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 11 Number of Patients: 11 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 18 Number of Patients: 18 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Imitrex or how long patients were taking Imitrex before stopping.

Currently taking Imitrex

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
3
0
7
4
17

Stopped taking Imitrex

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
0
2
1
3
3
Why Patients Stopped Taking Imitrex (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Expense 3 30% Expense: 30%
Personal research 2 20% Personal research: 20%
Other 2 20% Other: 20%
Did not seem to work 1 10% Did not seem to work: 10%
Doctor's advice 1 10% Doctor's advice: 10%
Side effects too severe 1 10% Side effects too severe: 10%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 4 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 67% 2
Moderate 33% 1

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 20% 1
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 60% 3
None 20% 1

Top reported side-effects include: sleepiness, clumbsiness, Ventricular Tachycardia

Summary results are based on 4 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 4)

  • dbrister
    Sex: F
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Mild
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: mild
    Speech: mild
    Swallowing: mild
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
    See profile
  • dbrister
  • by dbrister
    Mar 13, 2007
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsSevere
  • Other

  • graclyn
    Sex: F
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Mild
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: none
    Speech: mild
    Swallowing: none
    Upper limb: mild
    Walking: none
    See profile
  • graclyn
  • by graclyn
    Nov 24, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsMild
  • Migrane
Advice/Tips
Try not to repeat doses unless your doctor approves it since rebound headaches can occur and also be careful of drug interactions and blood pressure issues.

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