wondering about sumatriptan side effects... has anyone el...

It can cause many side effects. My old boss had really bad, life threatening reaction. Sorry, I forget the details. For me, i started imitrex back in 1993. It was only available as injectable and 1 dosage. It was nasty, but for 1 hour of severe flushing, nausea, and generally feeling like i will never take this again, i would be totally migraine free for 36 hours. After 3 years of migraine with no help, this was verywonderful. It let me get my life back. No longer was i at the mercy of the intensity of the migraine. I hour of mini-hell and i could function again ( work, drive home, take care of the kids, etc). The pills came out a couple years later. Like someone else mentioned, try at 25mg or less. You can cut them. Ive been doing it for almost 30 years. Even now, i typically only take a third (33 mg) each morning and typically migraine is a thing of the past. I get the allotted 9 pills per month and slpit in 1/3 and 1/4. As for fibro, my migraines started with the onset of cfs/fm. Recommend wgen having surgeries, make sure to take some as close to surgery as you are allowed. It helps with pain and peeventing the post surgery migraine.

I had these exact side effects when I started sumatriptan. I was taking 100mg at first, which turned out to be way too much. I dropped all the way to 25mg and this dose helps my migraines without the nasty side effects.

it’s been proven that the vasoconstriction you’re describing can get better after using triptans a few times, but another you could potentially try if it doesn’t is almotriptan. it generally has less side effects and your gp can prescribe it to you.