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Reviewer: savoie2007, 35-44 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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horrible side effect. Imitrex is awful and terribly expensive.
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Reviewer: truexfangirl, 25-34 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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I am 25 year old female and have been a migraine sufferer for about 3 years now. I use Imitrex as an abortive, along with my preventative medicine and it works wonderfully! It takes away my migraine within an hour and I have no side effects. Highly recommend!
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Reviewer: smoochy43, 25-34 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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I suffered with migrane headaches for days at a time and nothing would touch them including pescription pain meds and muscle relaxers. My doctor decided it was time to try the imitrex and what a reliefe it was. It made me feel very funny for about an hour but my headache was gone in less than 30 minutes. I do have some discomfort in my throat for a while after I take it and I kinda feel like th
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