Maxalt User Reviews & Ratings (Page 5)

Maxalt has an average rating of 8.7 out of 10 from a total of 123 reviews on Drugs.com. 87% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 9% reported a negative experience.

Reviews for Maxalt

Anonymous
February 15, 2012

For Migraine "It worked on an established migraine (six hours into a severe cluster headache) but took about three hours for the full effect to kick in. The fast dissolve pill was really nice."

8 / 10

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T4t
September 27, 2016

For Migraine "It is the only med that has helped my migraines!"

10 / 10

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Anonymous
Taken for 6 months to 1 year
June 11, 2012

For Migraine "Maxalt has helped me so much. My migraines get so intense and the minute I take Maxalt I start to feel relief."

9 / 10

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Anonymous
October 28, 2010

For Migraine "Life changing, I love this medicine."

10 / 10

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Haute...
Taken for 1 to 6 months
April 17, 2013

For Migraine "This medication worked well to keep my cluster headache pain to a minimum. I found it did not work well when the cluster lasted longer than 2 weeks."

8 / 10

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Bessi...
November 2, 2016

For Migraine "Maxalt works for me. It is the only one I've tried so far that does."

9 / 10

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Anonymous
May 17, 2011

For Migraine "This is the only medicine that tackles my migraines. They can make me sleepy and stupid, but I'll take that over a migraine pain any day."

9 / 10

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Which medication should I use for migraine headaches?

ddeck...
January 22, 2010

For Migraine "Works well for my migraines. For me, I start feeling better in 20 minutes or so, and am completely back to normal within two hours."

9 / 10

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Anonymous
August 16, 2011

For Migraine "By far the greatest medication available. Especially if you take it on the first sign of your migraine and close your eyes for 5-10 min. It will take care of the pain so quickly!"

10 / 10

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Anonymous
December 30, 2009

For Migraine "Maxalt is a very good migraine medicine for me. No side effects but only a little tired but that's good."

9 / 10

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Anonymous
July 21, 2009

For Migraine "Very effective migraine medicine. Take at first sign of migraine and did very well."

10 / 10

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Anonymous
June 21, 2011

For Migraine "I have had migraines for over 30 years. Have tried everything. This works the best almost every time. I'd say 9 out of 10 times it cures the migraine and is a winner in my book."

9 / 10

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Anonymous
August 26, 2011

For Migraine "Didn't work for me. I had serious allergic reaction. My tongue swelled up, my cheeks were going numb and had to take Benadryl within 30 minutes of taking this medicine."

2 / 10

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kaz
March 27, 2011

For Migraine "Upon 1st using this approximately 6 or so years ago I too labeled this as a miracle, unfortunately my last 3 migraines they have had no effect. "

7 / 10

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Nelli
October 1, 2011

For Migraine "Maxalt does work. Usually Fioricet works but when my migraine becomes worse Fioricet doesn't do anything and Maxalt does the trick!"

10 / 10

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Anonymous
March 8, 2011

For Migraine "Helped with headache but made me very dizzy."

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Anonymous
June 7, 2011

For Migraine "Have just been prescribed Maxalt Melt after a lifetime of pain and feel I have discovered gold! My only disappointment is having only three pills when I need a truckload!"

10 / 10

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Dave
December 18, 2015

For Migraine "Works well, Headaches gone in about 2 hours of taking it."

10 / 10

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Anonymous
August 31, 2011

For Migraine "Good relief without being too wiped out"

10 / 10

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Onyshko
September 3, 2015

For Migraine "Usually works well for me and don't make me drowsy."

9 / 10

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Anonymous
May 31, 2009

For Migraine "I took it when I was felt a migraine coming on and I experienced dizziness, memory loss, shakiness and a fever. I had used it before with no problems."

1 / 10

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torimac
December 8, 2011

For Migraine "I love how fast I get relief with this and how the melting form ones work when I'm nauseated."

9 / 10

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Anonymous
Taken for 10 years or more
September 20, 2023

For Migraine "Maxalt works 99% of the time for my migraine attacks. The side effects I experience are fatigue and dry mouth, then always followed by hiccups that last a couple of hours."

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