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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.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Migraine headaches 201 42 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Migraine 116 15 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Other 32 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Headaches 13 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Cluster Headaches 9 0
Atypical Migraine 9 2 Efficacy_none

See all 265 patients currently taking Imitrex

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Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Imitrex. See all 25 dosages ►

  25 mg as needed 0mg as needed 100mg as needed 50mg as needed 6mg/0.5mL as needed 25mg as needed mg as needed 25 mg daily 50 mg daily 100 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 111 Number of Patients: 111 59 Number of Patients: 59 33 Number of Patients: 33 23 Number of Patients: 23 8 Number of Patients: 8 4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3 6 Number of Patients: 6  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Imitrex (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 36   Did not seem to work: 32%
Other 27   Other: 24%
Side effects too severe 22   Side effects too severe: 19%
Doctor's advice 21   Doctor's advice: 18%
Expense 10   Expense: 9%
Course of treatment ended 6   Course of treatment ended: 5%
Change in health plan coverage 4   Change in health plan coverage: 4%
Not indicated 4   Not indicated: 4%
Personal research 2   Personal research: 2%

See all 110 patients who’ve stopped taking Imitrex

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

Currently Taking Imitrex

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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 Imitrex

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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 Imitrex

Always
 44 63%
Usually
 17 24%
Sometimes
 6 9%
Never
 3 4%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Imitrex

Very
 5 7%
Somewhat
 7 10%
A little
 11 16%
Not at all
 47 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Imitrex

$200+
 4 10%
$100-199
 1 3%
$50-99
 5 13%
$25-49
 8 20%
< $25
 22 55%

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Report created on May 28, 2012.