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Maxalt Medication
Pronounced: (rizz-uh-TRIP-tan)
Uses
Rizatriptan 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. Rizatriptan does not prevent future migraines or reduce how often you may get a headache.
Rizatriptan belongs to a group of drugs called...
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From Our Experts
Migraine Abortive Maxalt Approved for Children 6- to 17-Years-Old
With Migraine, as with many other diseases and conditions, there are fewer medications that have been approved by the FDA for children than... Read more »
Maxalt: How safe is it, and is it as effective as Zomig?
Full Question: I have taken Zomig 5mg for several years for migraine relief. I had tried Imitrex, Treximet & Inderal without any... Read more »
05/28/07 #10: Maxalt and Zoloft? Migraine preventives?
Full Question: About 18 months ago, I was first treated by a neurologist. I tried several medications for migraines and began to use Maxalt... Read more »
12/17/07 #4: Maxalt doesn't work; Inderal makes head hurt worse?
Full Question: I am presently taking Maxalt 10mg for migraine. I suffers with a headache regular, about three times a week. The medicine... Read more »
06/18/07 #10: Frequent Migraines, now sharp, shooting pains?
FullQuestion:I am a woman 56 years old and have experienced severe pain with my migraines at about 9 to 13 times a month over many, many... Read more »
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Maxalt-MLT Oral Uses and How to Use
Source: First DataBank
Generic Name: RIZATRIPTAN DISINTEGRATING TABLET - ORAL Pronounced: (rizz-uh-TRIP-tan) Uses Rizatriptan is used to treat migraines. It helps to... Read more »
Generic Maxalt gets tentative OK
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted tentative approval for Teva Pharmaceuticals' generic form of the migraine medicine Maxalt. Final... Read more »
Combining Maxalt and Tylenol may ease migraines
A Merck-funded has study found people with moderate to severe migraines who took Maxalt and Tylenol had less migraine pain. Researchers found taking... Read more »
Clinical trial: Effects of different Maxalt doses on migraines...
This is a study to evaluate the effects of different doses of Maxalt in people with migraine headaches. This national study is currently recruiting... Read more »
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