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I Am Finding Imitrex Only Lasts About 8 Hours And Migraine Returns Even With 2nd Pill. Has Anyone Used A Longer Acting Triptan And If Effec
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posted January 31
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My doctor has now given me Frovatriptan to try. It has a half life of 26 hours vs 3 hours for imitrex so it stays in your system all day and so should provide much longer relief. I am starting on it today and will post my results on how it is going

posted February 24
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I am currently going through this!

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