Frova vs Maxalt
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| Frovatriptan is used to treat migraines. It helps to relieve headache, pain, and other migraine symptoms (including nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to light/sound). Prompt treatment helps you return to your normal routine and may decrease your need for other pain medications. Frovatriptan belongs to a class of drugs known as triptans. It affects a certain natural substance (serotonin) that causes narrowing of blood vessels in the brain. It may also relieve pain by affecting certain nerves in the brain. Frovatriptan does not prevent future migraines or lessen how often you get migraine attacks. | Rizatriptan is used to treat migraines. It helps to relieve headache, pain, and other migraine symptoms (including nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to light/sound). Prompt treatment helps you return to your normal routine and may decrease your need for other pain medications. Rizatriptan belongs to a class of drugs known as triptans. It affects a certain natural substance (serotonin) that causes narrowing of blood vessels in the brain. It may also relieve pain by affecting certain nerves in the brain. Rizatriptan does not prevent future migraines or lessen how often you get migraine attacks. | |||
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| Add Frova review I suffered from migraines since I was 30, I'm now 43. At 36 years of age my new doctor, at the time, prescribed me Frova. This was a life changing drug for me. I have not been to the ER, even once, since then. I take Frova within hours of having a migraine and within 30 minutes to two hours its gone. I was so extremely sick with migraines prior to this medication. I will feel sick to my stomach and hot for about the first 2 hours, however it's worth it, 2 hours of feeling ill compared to 24 hours of not being able to function is worth. I would recommend this drug to everybody! I feel for people who have not tried this drug. I could have saved myself many hospital visits and my insurance company thousands of dollars if I would have known about this drug 6 years earlier. I used to have to go to emerg for an iv bag and pain reliever when I got migraines. I tried a few different drugs with my family doctor before finding this one. It really works for me, it's very effective in relieving my migraine. For me, it must be taken during onset otherwise it is not as effective. It has prevented my hospital visits, I just keep one or two in my wallet at all times just in case. It may be expensive ($17/pill in ontario) but its worth the money as they aren't meant to be taken regularly. It has really changed my life. Side effects for me are minimal, I experience a sort of dizziness sometimes which worsens when I take the 2nd dose. (which i usually don't have to). I also can't really think straight/find it hard to focus while on this drug. At times, I still felt the effects of the migraine such as sensitivity to light and not feeling quite right but there was no pain so I was able to function. I rate it 10/10. I hope this is helpful to migraine sufferers | Add Maxalt review This medication causes nausea, anxiety, hot flashes, cold flashes, anxiety, dizziness and I literally feel like I am dying. I end up passing out when I take it and while my migraine is gone I am put through even more hades to reach relief Side effects with Maxalt are the worst I have experienced. Side effects with Maxalt are; heart throbbing or pounding, trouble breathing, drowsiness, dizziness, low/decrease in energy and vomiting. If we take Maxalt at work and experience symptoms, how productive are we going to be, IF we are able to continue working? Yes, the headache may have been stopped, but the rest of the side effects can remain for longer than seventy two hours and our lives will be disrupted. The more “infrequent” side effects of Maxalt include; slowing of the heartbeat, abnormal heart rhythms, increased heart rate, chest pain, chest tightness, numbness and tingling sensation, depression, eye irritation, high blood pressure, incomplete or infrequent bowel movements, joint pain, muscle spasm, muscle stiffness, muscle pain, involuntary quivering, temporary redness, nausea, difficulty swallowing, gas, diarrhea, change in feeling of body temperature, and confusion. I have experienced the less common side effect of slowing of the heartbeat after taking Maxalt and it was one of the worst things I experienced. My resting heart rate dropped to around 40 bpm (not normal for me) and if I moved in the slightest, I became extremely dizzy and nauseous. I did call my doctor during this experience and his advice was to take another and if the symptoms did not subside within another hour, to go to the hospital to be evaluated. The symptoms did not go away and I was sick for an additional two days after the dosage. Many will say that almost any medication can have these side effects, but is that the standard of acceptance we have come to? To control our migraines, we will accept that these risks involved are “normal?” Maxalt does do its job in most cases by stopping the migraine from progressing. It is easily accessible as well as fast and comes in the simplest form of release. But, those are all of the positive things I have to say about this medication. For me, the negative outweighs the few positive. This drug has the potential to improve my migraine/sinus headaches. I haven't been on this long, but it's been pretty effective. Time will tell if I have to use other headache medicines to aid with. By the way, my doctor told me to take this by putting the pill under my tongue and letting it start to dissolve and then swallow with water. | |||
