Treximet or TrickThem-et?

As yours truly has reported earlier, Treximet is making a landing in the pharmacy near you. Brought to you by the good people of GlaxoSmithKline, the makers of Imitrex. And priced accordingly, no doubt.

Debbie, who runs Down The Rabbit Hole blog, has noticed something interesting - a little subversive disinformation campaign as propagated by sloppy journalists and uninformed patients alike. There are plenty of little news blips if you care to search for them that say pretty much the same as this little article: New Drug Could Be Best Migraine Medicine On Market.

So that you don't get switched to a more expensive meds by your doctor just because he or she gets their medical news from pharmas press releases, once again here are the facts about Treximet from the horse's mouth, so to speak:

"Treximet contains 85 mg sumatriptan, formulated with RT Technology(TM), and 500 mg naproxen sodium. Sumatriptan is the active ingredient in Imitrex(R) Tablets, available in 25 mg, 50 mg and 100 mg strengths. In clinical trials, Treximet provided a significantly greater percentage of patients migraine pain relief at two hours compared to sumatriptan 85 mg or naproxen sodium 500 mg alone. In addition, Treximet provided more patients sustained migraine pain relief from two to 24 hours compared to the individual components."

Those who follow the rantings of this humble scribe have already heard the call; as for the readers who are only now joining us, here it is again, yours truly's recommendation:

"As this Fall rolls in, change your Imitrex prescription to the generic Sumatriptans and Naproxen and you'll have you own hand-rolled generic Treximet."

Not that you need to heed it, my gentle readers, but just because we are talking medication, it does not mean we should tune out the voice of our inner wallet.

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