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What is Eletriptan?

A drug used to treat the symptoms of migraine headache (severe throbbing headache that sometimes comes along with nausea and sensitivity to sound and light). It is in a class of medications called selective serotonin receptor agonists.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Migraine 95 20 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Migraine headaches 77 14 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Other 7 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Headaches 5 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Prevent migraine 3 0
Atypical Migraine 3 0

See all 130 patients currently taking Eletriptan

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 7
Mild
 10
None
 20

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

Dizziness 3
Sleepiness 2
Grogginess 2
Sedation 1
Nausea and vomiting 1
Chest tightness 1
See all 10 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Eletriptan. See all 15 dosages ►

  40mg as needed 20mg as needed 2 20mg as needed 80mg as needed 2 40mg as needed 40 mg as needed 40 mg weekly 80 mg weekly 120 mg weekly 40 mg daily
  82 Number of Patients: 82 28 Number of Patients: 28 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 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 Eletriptan (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 30   Did not seem to work: 52%
Side effects too severe 11   Side effects too severe: 19%
Other 10   Other: 17%
Doctor's advice 8   Doctor's advice: 14%
Expense 8   Expense: 14%
Change in health plan coverage 4   Change in health plan coverage: 7%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 3%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 3%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 2%

See all 54 patients who’ve stopped taking Eletriptan

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

Currently Taking Eletriptan

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

Stopped Taking Eletriptan

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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 Eletriptan

Always
 28 72%
Usually
 8 21%
Sometimes
 2 5%
Never
 1 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Eletriptan

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 6 15%
A little
 6 15%
Not at all
 27 69%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Eletriptan

$200+
 2 8%
$100-199
 2 8%
$50-99
 5 19%
$25-49
 5 19%
< $25
 12 46%

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Report created on May 28, 2012.