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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. 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 72 13 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Migraine headaches 52 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Migraine with aura 5 0
Other 5 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Atypical Migraine 4 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Headaches 3 1 Efficacy_major

See all 90 patients currently taking Zolmitriptan

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 6
Moderate
 1
Mild
 5
None
 16

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

Face Tingling 3
Chest pain 2
Drowsiness 2
Dizziness 1
Sneezing 1
Numbness in right side 1
See all 11 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 2.5mg as needed 4 2.5mg as needed 6 2.5mg as needed 3 5mg as needed 5 mg as needed 2.5 mg yearly 5 mg weekly 4 mg daily 5 mg daily
  56 Number of Patients: 56 21 Number of Patients: 21 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Zolmitriptan (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 28   Did not seem to work: 53%
Doctor's advice 12   Doctor's advice: 23%
Side effects too severe 11   Side effects too severe: 21%
Other 8   Other: 15%
Expense 4   Expense: 8%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 4%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 2%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 2%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 2%

See all 53 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
 22 79%
Usually
 5 18%
Sometimes
 1 4%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Zolmitriptan

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 2 7%
A little
 2 7%
Not at all
 24 86%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Zolmitriptan

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 7%
$25-49
 3 20%
< $25
 10 67%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.