Comments on: Treximet (formerly Trexima)

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:06:15 +0000

If you took treximet once and hated it, my comment might help you.

I received Treximet from my doctor a while back (maybe 6 months). The first time I took it I had the same experience as a lot of people who have commented: tightness, dizziness, etc… basically I thought I might die. I swore I would never take it again. Well, a few months later I just couldn’t handle the headaches any longer and decided to take another dose. To my surprise, a lot of the things that happened before weren’t so bad. Since then I have taken a few more and it seems that the really uncomfortable side effects have gone mostly away. Hope this helps people who are suffering.

By: sam

sam — Fri, 06 May 2011 20:05:29 +0000

I have done the chiropractic rout, and although my back and neck felt better for a day or two it never even slowed down the migraines i was having and i consistantly went for a year every week to every other week. Hope this helps, if i were you i would try a few visits and if they dont decrease i dont think they would.

By: Petra Hicks

Petra Hicks — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 20:32:24 +0000

Be careful when breaking pills in half. This one specificly says never to break in half.

By: Barya,

Barya, — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 04:25:07 +0000

Yeah, i went to my doctor about my migraines, which started when I was 16 to see if anything was wrong. I usually take Excedrin Migraine for relief at the onset of pain, but she gave me a sample of Treximet, for my next migraine because the only come every 2 wks-1 month, maybe more, maybe less. She also said that if i found Treximet to be a tad expensive, assuming that I like how the meds work, then I can just take an Aleve with Imitrex at the same time and the effect will be the same, if not better, than Treximet. Its just something to think about when your tight on money, if if your insurance does the 80/20 deal…

By: Casey

Casey — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 20:48:41 +0000

I absolutely love this medicine, since I was about 12 I have had horribly painful headaches, doctors refused to say I had migraines as a child and so I self medicated every day with 2-6 Advil. I am now 23 and for the last year have taken 8 Treximet pills, only when I felt after a couple of hours that my headaches weren’t going away…the result…..amazing!! I used to have to take something everyday for a week when I would get headaches like this, they just kept coming back no matter what and I hated taking so much Advil, but when I take Treximet I generally don’t get another really painful headache for about a month or more, which is why I have only taken 8 in the last year. I wish this medicine wasn’t so expensive though, I have no insurance anymore so I know that when I run out I am going to be in pain or taking a lot of Naproxin everyday again. (My husband had me switch to naproxin about 4 years ago because he couldn’t stand watching me destroy my liver.)

By: Kathy

Kathy — Fri, 07 May 2010 11:09:02 +0000

My doctor gave me samples of Treximet to use. The first couple times I took it I had no problems. The third time I made a huge mistake and took and allergy med at the same time and it literally felt like I was having a heart attack. Had a hard time breathing and extreme tightmess in my lungs. My jaw felt like it was locking up on me.
regardin the price, guess i will use the samples up and then figure out what else I can use.

By: Diane

Diane — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:09:40 +0000

Wow. Great to read all of your findings. I’ve been suffering from mestrual migraines for several years, since the birth of my 4-year-old son. They seemed to get worse after I started taking Nuvoring birth control. My doctor just gave me a sample of Treximet this week. As usual, my monthly migraine showed up this week. I took one of the pills and felt as funky as the rest of you. It was sort of an out-of-body experience, combined with lethargy for about an hour. I, too, had the odd neck sensations. But after an hour, the side effects and headache were gone. Miraculous. My headaches knock me out for two full days, so to suffer mild side effects for an hour outweighs that entirely. However the cost …. UGHHH. I will try the Imitrex/naproxen combo that was described above to see if that works as well. I am certain my insurace will not cover the meds. But to have relief from these debilitating headaches was like the skies opening up. Amazing after so much suffering.

By: jordyn

jordyn — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 01:39:35 +0000

I’m curious about the cost for Treximet. I have read many different posts on the extreme cost that you seem to be getting told at the pharmacy. What insurances do you guys have? What pharmacies are you going to and what are they saying to you when you go to get a scripts filled? Cash paying for triptans is really expensive. Maxalt is 328 dollars… that’s crazy…. go to coast2coastrx.com and you can get a discount card for prescriptions…

By: Brooke

Brooke — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:52:19 +0000

I’m a 23 year old female, and I’ve had chronic headaches and migraines since I was around eight years old. I went to my doctor today and she gave me a couple samples of treximet. I got a headache about 30 minutes before I had to go to work, so I decided to go ahead and try the treximet. As others described, it gave me an uncomfortable tightness and tingling in the back of my neck. It also made me so jittery that I had to lay down and close my eyes to try and relax. Now, four hours later, I still have the tightness in my neck and my head ache is back. I don’t think I will be trying it again.

By: Katrina

Katrina — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:56:09 +0000

I have had migraines for year. I have tried several different drugs that don’t work that well. Takes the edge off, but the headache always comes back. And the side effects of these drugs was almost not worth taking. When the Dr. gave me Treximet last week and I took one, I could not believe how well I felt so quickly! I printed off the $50 off coupon and used it and with insurance they told me it would be $318.00! I freaked out! I said no way will I pay that for 30 pills! I love this drug and it works wonderfully, but that is rediculous to pay that much for a pill! Is there no way to get these costs down for the average American to take this wonder drug???!!!!