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Imitrex Injection Side Effects
Pronounced: (sue-muh-TRIP-tan)
Uses
Sumatriptan is used to treat migraines. It helps to relieve headaches, pain and other symptoms of migraines, including sensitivity to light/sound, nausea, and vomiting. Prompt treatment allows you to get back to your normal routine and may decrease your need for other pain medications. Sumatriptan does not prevent future migraines or reduce how often you may get a headache.
Sumatriptan belongs to a group of drugs called...
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From Our Experts
Dose of Imitrex injection for a 10 year old boy?
Full Question: What is the dose of Imitrex injection for a 10 year old boy? A 10 year old boy has a history of severe migraine... Read more »
9/10/07 #4: Refrigerating Imitrex injections?
Full Question:I read your response that capsules and tablets can be placed in the freezer in medication bottles to prevent the medication... Read more »
06/18/07 #4: Imitrex and Effexor? Diarrhea?
Full Question: I have been suffering migraines for over 35 years ,and although find relief with Imitrex, oral and injectable, I have just... Read more »
Taking Imitrex with antidepressants?
Full Question: I have recently been diagnosed with Cluster Headaches and have been prescribed injections of Imitrex to treat them. I've... Read more »
Combo of Sumatriptan and Naproxen for Migraine?
Although triptans are a marked improvement over previous treatment options, many Migraineurs have not been fully satisfied with their... Read more »
From Our Sources
Drugmakers team up on needle-free migraine injection
Two drugmakers--Bespak and Zogenix--are teaming up to make a needle-free injectable migraine treatment. The new device will allow patients to fire a... Read more »
Needle-Free Sumatriptan Injection for Migraines and Cluster He...
In 1992, Migraine treatment changed when the first triptan was introduced to the marked. It was the Imitrex StatDose for subcutaneous injection. ... Read more »
Sumatriptan Naproxen Combination More Effective than Imitrex
December 28, 1992, marked a new era for Migraine sufferers with FDA approval of injectable Imitrex (sumatriptan). Imitrex was the first Migraine... Read more »
Migraine Medications: Preventive, Abortive, and Rescue
Discussing Migraine medications can get confusing, partly because there are so many, partly because they're used for different purposes. Migraine... Read more »
Needle-free migraine med shows promise in trials
A new needle-free injectable migraine med called sumatriptan DosePro has shown positive results in two new clinical trials, its maker says. In one... Read more »
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