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Suggest Maximum Dosage Of Imetrix For Migraine

If you are given Imetrix 50 mg for a migraine and can increase the dose up to 100 mg in 2 hours and you have multiple attacks per month, how many pills can you safely take in one month? What is the normal amount that a provider will give to his/her patients?
Tue, 30 Jun 2015
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Thank you for asking on HCM!

Regarding your concern, I would say that you can take imitrex during every attack of migraine.

Use Imitrex as soon as you notice headache symptoms, or after an attack has already begun.
After taking a tablet: If your headache does not completely go away, or goes away and comes back, take a second tablet two (2) hours after the first. Do not take more than 200 mg of imitrex oral tablets in 24 hours.

In this situation, when you have frequent attacks I would recommend you to start on a preventive therapy, to help reduce the frequence and severity of migraine attacks.

I would not recommend to take imitrex or other painkillers too frequently. Overuse of migraine headache medicine can actually make your headaches worse.

So I would recommend to start therapy with amytriptiline or topiramate, if there are no contraindications of these drugs for you.

Hope to have been helpful!

Greetings! Dr. Aida
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Suggest Maximum Dosage Of Imetrix For Migraine

Hello! Thank you for asking on HCM! Regarding your concern, I would say that you can take imitrex during every attack of migraine. Use Imitrex as soon as you notice headache symptoms, or after an attack has already begun. After taking a tablet: If your headache does not completely go away, or goes away and comes back, take a second tablet two (2) hours after the first. Do not take more than 200 mg of imitrex oral tablets in 24 hours. In this situation, when you have frequent attacks I would recommend you to start on a preventive therapy, to help reduce the frequence and severity of migraine attacks. I would not recommend to take imitrex or other painkillers too frequently. Overuse of migraine headache medicine can actually make your headaches worse. So I would recommend to start therapy with amytriptiline or topiramate, if there are no contraindications of these drugs for you. Hope to have been helpful! Greetings! Dr. Aida