As a migraine person myself, does sumatriptan work for anyone here? It makes mine worse and I throw up every time (even with the anti nausea medication).
Ive heard horror stories about sumatriptan and even though I was prescribed it, I was too afraid to try it. However, I had a migraine so bad while I was at my parents, I was willing to take anything. They didnt have sumatriptan there, but they had rizatriptan. I tried that and it worked absolute wonders for me. I am now prescribed that and take it all the time. A little too often if im being honest
My partner started to get debilitating migraines daily once the triptan wore off from the day before. It's magic but definitely has side effects if you get into an every day stretch of migraines and your body becomes dependent on it. And eventually the triptan doesn't work as well. Just a word of caution!
Absolutely! This happens to me as well, they usually are less intense than the inital for me though. I also get some upper back stiffness after taking it
These are called rebound headaches. Basically your body freaks out from overuse of your migraine meds that it becomes so dependent any day without your migraine med you’ll get them.
It’s like ppl who are caffeine addicts who get withdrawal headaches when they don’t have any caffeine in their system.
Anyways I work at a pharmacy for a pretty big hospital health care system the doctors monitor this a lot they limit you to taking no more than 9 doses of a triptan in a month & if you go over that they refer you to a specialist in neurology where they put you on prophylactic preventative medication like propranolol or nortriptyline
Sumatriptan works for me most of the time, but the side effects are pretty crappy. I feel nauseous for hours afterward, and I get kind of a brain fog. Usually if I take one I immediately go try to fall asleep so I don't have to be awake for the worst of it. The shots were way better when I could get them, I would inject it and actually feel the moment the migraine melted away. The nausea was more acute, but it also went away faster.
But honestly, it was a lifesaver for me as a teenager. I was getting migraines every day, and this was back in the 90s so my doctor basically threw opiates at me and told me to sleep it off. Then Imitrex was released, and it was expensive, but it actually worked. Now they have better medications, but I always keep a few sumatriptan on hand as a last resort.
Most migraine meds make all the pressure come to a focal point on the bridge of my nose (I know it sounds weird), and it’s excruciating. Only thing that doesn’t make it hurt worse is if I take a Nurtec as soon as I notice symptoms
I find the excederin migraine pills work pretty well if I catch it early in the vision loss phase. They’re like 400 ibuprofen and 400 advil and a bit of caffeine
Rizatriptan works like magic for me. It takes 1+ hour to work usually, and I still feel sleepy most of the day but so much better than it used to be without it.
It works if I have an aura and take it immediately…but…sometimes I don’t have the aura and other times I do and it’s silent (no pain but still neuro symptoms)
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u/loonygirl30 6h ago
As a migraine person myself, does sumatriptan work for anyone here? It makes mine worse and I throw up every time (even with the anti nausea medication).