Imitrex how does it work

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Avatar n tn it had no opiates in it at all no but i really dont know anything about it just looked it up online and here is a link that will tell you anything you wanna know about it hope this helps http://www.drugs.com/fiorinal.
Avatar f tn I am so sorry for what you have been going through. I started having migraines when I was 23. They couldn't diagnose me for 8 years because I had no migraine and had vomiting all night (only at night) and abdominal pain. The neurologist did an electroencephalogram and found it was a migraine. I was put on doxepin for a year and that helped but then it didn't work so they finally put me on Klonopin and it went away but then in my 30's it changed to severe migraine and auras.
768044 tn?1294223436 Has anyone else here tried Imitrex Injection? How did you find using the injection pen? Was it easy to learn how to use? Did you find it worked better then the other triptans? Thanks to anyone that answers who has any experience... or even anyone who has just been given a shot of Imitrex in the hospital before, how was that?
1056589 tn?1273747102 Do not take Imitrex if you have underlying cardiovascular diseases, if you have uncontrolled hypertension, if you are taking MAO-A antidepressants or and do not take Imitrex if you have severe hepatic impairment. It is not suggested that you take Imitrex at the same time as any other prescription acute migraine medication such as another triptan or any ergot-type medication (ergot medications were the first line of acute therapy in migraine headache prior to the invention of triptans).
390338 tn?1206462648 I know what you mean when you say that you were using to many Imitrex because he gave me a prescription for 6, 2 weeks ago and I tried to refill it yesterday and they said no, not until Feb. 4th. I was using to many. This may seem like a crazy question but, where do they put the Botox? I have never heard of it for migraines.
Avatar f tn Never worked for me but, it does for some so definitely worth a try.
Business woman2 I am starting the slimfast program tomorrow. My question is does it really work? I am also in a wheel chair..But i do get my legs walking 1 or 2 hours a day .
Avatar f tn Keep us posted to see how you're doing! If it works I'll try it when I'm close to my due date or over due..does it taste gross? Or does it just end up giving you a ton of gas??
Avatar f tn I know what it is like, imitrex only worked on me if I took it within a few minutes of onset, any thing after that was useless!! then my Dr put me on fioricet and I think it works better than all the other ones I have tryed, plus unlike IMITREX ,ZOMIG and MAXXOLT you can take it up to 6 times per day! Also my Aunt has terrible migraines all the time she was taking all the imitrex she could get was put on a muscle relaxer called soma , and her headaches are much easier to deal with!! GOOD LUCK!
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635402 tn?1270162477 The new drug is to be called TREXIMET and according to the makers, was to be a vast improvement over Imitrex. Like Imitrex, it is made to be taken at the onset of a migraine, but is supposed to work faster and better to reduce migraine pain. GSK has spent several years and millions of dollars researching and "pre-marketing" Treximet in anticipation of FDA approval and product launch. So what's the deal? Is this really better than Imitrex alone?
518798 tn?1295212279 It's not addictive BUT I will say that I heard from a neurologist that if you take it too often, it can definitely cause a "rebound" situation. He said your body knows you are going to take it. I used to take it almost daily and after I heard this (that combined with the cost) I went cold turkey for about two weeks. I had some rough days but the headaches I did have were contained with ice, laying down, dark room, etc.
Avatar f tn There is a new drug from makers of Imitrex called Trixamet. It is Imitrex plus an NSAID. I got a sample from my doc. I loved it. Trixamet is supposed to be covered by any insurance that takes Imitrex, but mine doesn't cover it. Maybe yours will. Hope I helped.
1590979 tn?1302006835 I have so much pressure I feel like my head is going to push through my ears! If the imitrex does not work they put me on prendisone. I have even gone on infusion treatments. Where I go to the hospital and get hooked up to iv every morning for 3 days! This works! It's a different form of migraine, triggered from the surgery. For me anyway, could be for you too. Keeping a diary has helped me find this! But rest and such didn't work for me.
Avatar f tn so there is no reason to become an addict or to crave the medication, but ones body will still become highly dependent on the medication to a point that if you take the body off the medication abruptly you can cause seizures and even death... Imitrex is NOT like that!! Imitrex does not cause any sort of high or euphoria so you cannot become addicted to it, you will not "crave" it when you are not in pain...
Avatar f tn Do not take another one. If you threw it up, then you threw it up. It safer to just take a day off from prenatals rather than taking another one and possibly having to go to the hospital for to many minerals and vitamins .