Experiences with

Rizatriptan

They did MRI and Lumbar Puncture and told me everything is okay and then I went to my GP who gave me Rizatriptan. I took 2 pills a day for 3 days and then 1 for next 3 days. Then I went to GP Clinic and the new doctor told me not to eat these on daily basis.

Saw my onc on Thursday and he prescribed Rizatriptan to take to see if it cures this migraine that I’ve had for coming up on 2 weeks now. Do any of you also suffer from these migraines as a result of all the hormone suppressing drugs we take? Do any of you take this new migraine drug?

Ok so I've taken rizatriptan in the past no issues haven't needed it in months but have taken 2 maybe 3 in the last 3 weeks.

MEDICATION INTOLERANCE GROWS Over this past year, I became intolerant to rizatriptan. It made me feel very sick and left me incredibly dizzy and weak for days. Scary sick. I'd been through a number of other triptans, and all ended up the same way.

- Different meds: triptans all in tablet form / Zolmatriptan in wafer and nasal spray / Rizatriptan in wafer / Sumatriptan in nasal spray and injectable. - They all have different doses. Preventatives start at a low dose with acute starting at the highest (but can be lowered if need be.)

+RizatRiptan melt maxalt .any experience please let me know Thank you for any advice. x

Using triptans and painkillers (ibuprofen and paracetamol) to manage attacks… I now have more attacks each month - rizatriptan is effective in stopping attack but recently have had 3 really nasty what I now think are rebound headaches.

My period started yesterday which mean that I woke up this morning with the headache and tingly tongue I associate with a migraine - small amount of rizatriptan (now 1/8 of a wafer seems to be the dose I need) sorted that out but later on - just after lunch time - when I was sitting on the sofa watching

When it happened last year, the doctor changed my triptan for a month to Rizatriptan which after the 12 tabs, the migraine started tapering off and I ended up with my usual cycle. I could have sworn it was not as drawn out as this migraine though.

I really got worried when a my new neurologist told me how bad the triptins (Rizatriptan)were which I was using to manage my life. I had also been trying Epilim Chrono (sodium valproate) which are used by epileptics. I also take amytriptlyn.

I take Maxalt which is rizatriptan. The instructions are very clear that the drug should not be taken until the headache starts. However if I wait until then the drug is ineffective.

I also suffer from very bad migraines, on Rizatriptan 10mg when needed. I am also registered deaf following a virus 7 years ago. Yes I have gained weight over the years, but felt well, all medication in place, and take great care with a healthy lifestyle.

Has anyone else experienced this kind of cost cutting exercise or now taking zolmitriptan instead of Rizatriptan?

My GP gives me pizotifen 0.5mg take two every night .and he gives me Rizatriptan only taken if a ready bad attack he give 6 of these. My migraine as taken over my life.

I've also been prescribed rizatriptan - haven't had any success with previous triptans but GP said it was perhaps because those were in tablet form and wouldn't be absorbed very well, whereas rizatriptan is a self-dissolving wafer so would get into the system better & quicker.

I've just been prescribed propranolol by my GP since sumatriptan, amitrityline, pizotifen and rizatriptan benzoate do not work for me. I've been reading that propranolol causes people to feel very tired/fatigued and that it deters them from long periods of exercise.

suffered from migraines for 10+ years, tried pizotifen, amytriptyline and varying strengths of propanolol. rizatriptan sometimes sort of helps but side effects make me reluctant to take it when I'm at work.

At what stage is it best to take rizatriptan?

I saw my GP who informed me that the Sertraline was reacting to the Migraine painkiller- Rizatriptan (maxalt melt) which when taken together causes way too much Seretonin. My GP took me off Sertaline gradually, as there were no alternatives for the migraine treatment.