Reviewer: Di, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)

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Maxalt on its own doesn't help me. I MUST use another pain med for it to work. I also take a prescribed pain med with the Maxalt and then my headache will go away. I used to take a differnt prescribed migraine med, for about 10 years, but it seemed to stop helping me about 2 years ago so I was put on Maxalt.

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Maxalt on its own doesn't help me. I MUST use another pain med for it to work. I also take a prescribed pain med with the Maxalt and then my headache will go away. I used to take a differnt prescribed migraine med, for about 10 years, but it seemed to stop helping me about 2 years ago so I was put on Maxalt.
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Reviewer: Fortunate one, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)

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Have been using for several years now and if I take it along with 4ibuprofen or within 10 minutes of ibuprofen it has worked 9out of 10 times quickly. However, my last two migraines it has not helped at all and I have ended up in the emergency room. I am pretty sure my migraines are due to hormones but I won' t rule out allergies or cheese. Coffee usually helps.

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Have been using for several years now and if I take it along with 4ibuprofen or within 10 minutes of ibuprofen it has worked 9out of 10 times quickly. However, my last two migraines it has not helped at all and I have ended up in the emergency room. I am pretty sure my migraines are due to hormones but I won' t rule out allergies or cheese. Coffee usually helps.
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Reviewer: karena, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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I have taken the original Maxalt mfg'd by Merck Sharp & Dohme for several years; recently my pharmacare coverage switched me to the "generic" from Sandoz, and now I get regularly parasthesias upon taking a 10 mg dose. They are supposed to be the same (Merck and Sandoz) though I have discerned that the original had 2.1 mg of phenylalanine and the Sandoz version for the same 10 mg. pil ... Show Full Comment

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I have taken the original Maxalt mfg'd by Merck Sharp & Dohme for several years; recently my pharmacare coverage switched me to the "generic" from Sandoz, and now I get regularly parasthesias upon taking a 10 mg dose. They are supposed to be the same (Merck and Sandoz) though I have discerned that the original had 2.1 mg of phenylalanine and the Sandoz version for the same 10 mg. pill contains 3.14 mg of phenylalanine. Could that make the difference?
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Reviewer: gsdfan, 55-64 on Treatment for 10 years or more (Patient)

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I have had migraines since I was a teenager and used a number of medications. MaxAlt has exceeded all others. On rare occasions, I may need to take more than one. There are some negatives. It is very expensive and either not covered or only partially covered by most insurance. The patent expires this year and I am hoping for a more reasonably priced generic. Also, the invidual pill packaging ... Show Full Comment

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I have had migraines since I was a teenager and used a number of medications. MaxAlt has exceeded all others. On rare occasions, I may need to take more than one. There are some negatives. It is very expensive and either not covered or only partially covered by most insurance. The patent expires this year and I am hoping for a more reasonably priced generic. Also, the invidual pill packaging is unnecessarily frustrating to open when you're dealing with a headache. Like others have mentioned, it does make me drowsy and I do not drive within a couple of hours of taking it since I feel my reflexes are definitely off. It also makes me very cold, probably because it is a vaso-constrictor. I do carry it with me at all times, and I'm thankful to have it available since I toughed it out for years without it.
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Reviewer: wildhockey, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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I never leave home without this medicine. Also, I keep one next to my bed in case I wake up with the beast migraine! I wish this medicine was out years ago. Life has certainly better ever since. This is expensive, but worth every cent! Thank you.

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I never leave home without this medicine. Also, I keep one next to my bed in case I wake up with the beast migraine! I wish this medicine was out years ago. Life has certainly better ever since. This is expensive, but worth every cent! Thank you.
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