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(Message started by: Heather_K on Mar 21^st, 2003, 10:49pm)

Title: Anybody tried Frova?
Post by Heather_K on Mar 21^st, 2003, 10:49pm

My neuro just put me on it...it's the new Imitrex, with a significantly longer half-life (18 hours). I have been taking one pill at bedtime IF I feel that ghostly outline of pain, and ---knock on wood---I haven't been wrenched from my sleep by a visit from the Beast since I've been on it. I have, however, gotten a few nasty clusters in the day, but these are more manageable because I can get to them with meds earlier.

Interested to hear your reply...I haven't seen this drug mentioned. I think the full name of it is Frovatriptan succinate.

Heather K :'(
(the smiley is me with my tearing Horner's syndrome on my left eye!)

Title: Re: Anybody tried Frova?
Post by Karla on Mar 22^nd, 2003, 11:31am

Frova has been discussed before on the board but thats ok tho we can discuss it again. I tried Frova and it aborted my ha for 2 hours and then I got hit again with another ha. Over and over it only worked for 2 hours for me and was no more effective than imitrix and I couldn't take as much of it because it was suppose to be effective for 18 hours. So I switched back to Imitrix where I knew I could take the meds to cover all 8 of my ha every day. If it works for you that is great. I am happy to hear it is working great for someone.

Title: Re: Anybody tried Frova?
Post by cbolony on Mar 22^nd, 2003, 3:53pm

Heather i took frova 2 times at the end of my cycle they were low kips they worked.My next cycle iam going to try imitrex injection for the first ch then wait 2 hours then take the frova and hope it stops the rest.I get hit 3-4 sometimes more aday for the first 4 weeks of my cycle then they start coming down for the next 4-5 weeks.

Title: Re: Anybody tried Frova?
Post by Marc on Mar 24^th, 2003, 3:02pm

Ditto to Karla's comments.

For me it is too slow to be a decent abortive and it doesn't seem to last as long as Imitrex, Amerge or Axert.

Marc