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Oral Triptan Therapy
Author(s) -
Rothrock John F.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2006.00480.x
Subject(s) - triptans , rizatriptan , zolmitriptan , medicine , sumatriptan , migraine , nasal spray , anesthesia , migraine treatment , onset of action , intensive care medicine , nasal administration , pharmacology , agonist , receptor
Oral and Intranasal Triptan Therapy for Acute Migraine Headache The “triptans” are a family of drugs that were developed to treat acute migraine headache. Your doctor has prescribed for you 1 of the oral triptans: Imitrex (sumatriptan), Amerge (naratriptan), Zomig (zolmitriptan), Maxalt (rizatriptan), Axert (almotriptan), Frova (frovatriptan), or Relpax (eletriptan). Alternatively, he/she may have prescribed 1 of the 2 triptans marketed as nasal sprays: Imitrex nasal spray or Zomig nasal spray. Although all of the oral and intranasal triptans initially were investigated for the treatment of migraine headache of moderate to severe intensity and were superior to placebo in those pivotal trials, they appear to be more consistently effective when used to treat migraine earlier in the attack, when the headache is still mild to moderate. Ideally, the oral or intranasal triptans should be used as follows.