Reviewer: petekite, 35-44 Male on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)

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I have had migraines since I was 16 I"m now 38. I get them once every 2-3 yrs or so, but when I do get them they painwise they are a 100 on a scale of 1-10. I get the visual aura followed by the intense headahche, half my body goes numb, and I throw up. One time I slurred my speech as like I was having a stroke. My migraines are so severe that I used to go to the er. Yesterday I had a fr ... Show Full Comment

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I have had migraines since I was 16 I"m now 38. I get them once every 2-3 yrs or so, but when I do get them they painwise they are a 100 on a scale of 1-10. I get the visual aura followed by the intense headahche, half my body goes numb, and I throw up. One time I slurred my speech as like I was having a stroke. My migraines are so severe that I used to go to the er. Yesterday I had a friend give me a shot of imitrex and it completely stopped the migraine! I had the shot during my visual aura and I think it shortened that as well! I am so greatful for this drug. It saved me 12 hrs of hellish pain in my head and vomiting. My side effects were mild. There was a bee sting like welt at the injection site. My head felt very warm and I had a bad taste in my mouth. I'll take that over having the headache. This is truly a miracle drug for me! I will say in the past I had demeral given to me in the er. It made me very high and knocked me out. It worked but I couldn't function for hours. Imitrex stopped the attack and I was on with my day an hour later.
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Reviewer: 35-44 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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Didn't really get rid of my pain but my head didn't get any worse either? Left me feeling awful for more than a couple hours. Felt sick to my stomach, hot, flushed, chest was heavy, some pain in neck and jaw and basically miserable and uncomfortable, not sure if the feeling after the shot is worth it or not, but I will try it again next time I feel an attack coming on.

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Didn't really get rid of my pain but my head didn't get any worse either? Left me feeling awful for more than a couple hours. Felt sick to my stomach, hot, flushed, chest was heavy, some pain in neck and jaw and basically miserable and uncomfortable, not sure if the feeling after the shot is worth it or not, but I will try it again next time I feel an attack coming on.
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Reviewer: fludgirl, 25-34 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)

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it dnt work for me. i have to have surgery. my migrains coused by a tumor

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it dnt work for me. i have to have surgery. my migrains coused by a tumor
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Reviewer: Wooly Mama, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 10 years or more (Patient)

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I agree with most other reviewers who loved this drug, with 1 exception. I use the individual vials with a 28 gauge needle. These are the old style insulin needles. The current 30 gauge are too small for the imitrex to smoothly inject so I have to ask the pharmacy to order them for me. 100 are usually about $30 here. I have taken imitrex since 1994 and LOVE,LOVE, LOVE it. I used to have 5 migra ... Show Full Comment

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I agree with most other reviewers who loved this drug, with 1 exception. I use the individual vials with a 28 gauge needle. These are the old style insulin needles. The current 30 gauge are too small for the imitrex to smoothly inject so I have to ask the pharmacy to order them for me. 100 are usually about $30 here. I have taken imitrex since 1994 and LOVE,LOVE, LOVE it. I used to have 5 migraines a month lasting 3 days each. Day 1 was excruciating pain, day 2 was pain and vomiting/dry heaving and day 3 was pain and not giving a darn. I never missed a day of work and with frequent promotions. I did this for 30 years; I didn't know any different life. I sometimes wonder what my life would be like if there was Imitrex back then. So you see why I love Imitrex so much. There was a time I had to use the injector-type. I would still use a separate syringe. I would just pull out the plunger, inject directly into the syringe, insert the syringe needle into my abdomen (my preferred place) and carefully put the plunger in and complete the injection. I have even dropped the syringe with the imitrex already in it (liquid gold!) and didn't lose a drop. The viscosity is evidently high enough that it doesn't spill easily and I guess this is also why the new smaller insulin needles don't work particularly well.
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Reviewer: fludgirl, 25-34 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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it takes my migrains away but it takes a while to hit. i take the pills.

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it takes my migrains away but it takes a while to hit. i take the pills.
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