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Excedrin Extra-Strength Tablets
User Ratings:
7.4
Effectiveness
4.7
Side Effects
6.2
Holistic Benefits
I PLAY FOOTBALL AND ME AND MY BOYS PLAY ROUGH! I END UP WITH AN ACHING BODY AND MIGRAINS THAT ARE OUT OF THIS WORLD!! BUT AS SOON AS I POP A EXCEDRIN IT WORKS FOR ME!! MY MIGRAINS ARE SO INTENSE THAT I CANT OPEN MY EYES.
Lotrel
User Ratings:
7.5
Effectiveness
6.1
Side Effects
7.3
Holistic Benefits
It reduces my blood pressure significantly if taken at the right dosage but severe headaches accompany it so I'm taking a reduced dosage. Developed severe cough and allergic asthma also.
Effexor XR
User Ratings:
7.1
Effectiveness
6.4
Side Effects
7.2
Holistic Benefits
Works too well. I would like to try half dose as that's the published norm (75mg/day) for SAD. I have no anxiety, lack energy, little to no adreniline (sp) and lower motivation. I read a quote "I eat little, always feel like I just ate and gain weight", Bingo! My quote would be, "If someone stuck a gun in my back I'd probably just turn around and ask what the hell do you want".
Abilify
User Ratings:
4.6
Effectiveness
5.9
Side Effects
5.8
Holistic Benefits
i get mad areally easy and take it out on friends and family but it works
Topamax
User Ratings:
6.5
Effectiveness
7
Side Effects
5.9
Holistic Benefits
Before taking Topamax I had about 3-4 serious migraines a month--nausea, sensitivity, etc--and almost daily minor ones. Since taking it I hardly get the daily migraines and I only still get about one migraine a month due to my menstrual cycle. I have lost over 10 lbs on the drug (I am now 98-100lbs depending at 5'3") but my doctor doesn't think this isn't a major concern. I feel like it has affected my sex drive considerably to a point that it is beginning to become annoying. I also ha... View full comment
Atenolol
User Ratings:
6.8
Effectiveness
4.5
Side Effects
6.4
Holistic Benefits
I get no side effects from this medication, i just take it for my high blood pressure, it has controlled my blood pressure really well.
Maxalt
User Ratings:
5.7
Effectiveness
4.3
Side Effects
5.1
Holistic Benefits
Maxalt works great if you take it right when you start feeling a migraine coming! It does make me sleepy and have to urinate a lot but I'd rather that then the migraine. However, since I've been put on Topamax, I'm not sure the Maxalt works right anymore. I've only had to take the Maxalt once since my doctor allowed me to have both again, so it may have just been a rogue migraine. Hopefully with the next one it will work.
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