| IMITREX® Tablets | | | | is usually effective at any time - even if you take it |
| (Sumatriptan Succinat) | | | | when your Migraine is at its worst. In addition, IMITREX |
| What is IMITREX®- | | | | is not a narcotic or barbiturate, and, most importantly, |
| IMITREX (sumatriptan succinate) is an abortive | | | | according to the manufacturer, in most people |
| medication used for the treatment of Migraine attacks | | | | IMITREX does not cause the unpleasant side effect of |
| in adults. IMITREX is the oldest of the new 'Tripans' | | | | drowsiness. The most frequently seen side effects |
| Migraine wonder drugs. | | | | are tingling and nasal discomfort. |
| This is a highly effective acute treatment, which | | | | Precautions- |
| appeared in 1993, which will work with efficiency for | | | | IMITREX a prescription product available only through |
| most Migraineurs, and has very few side effects. | | | | your doctor, is used for the acute treatment of |
| About the Drug- | | | | migraine attacks in adults. You should not take |
| IMITREX® Tablets are the original drawing board up | | | | IMITREX if you have certain types of heart disease, a |
| anti-migraine medicine. It's chemical name is sumatriptan | | | | history of stroke or Transient lschemic Attacks (TIAs), |
| succinate, created specifically for Migraine disease. | | | | peripheral vascular disease, Raynaud's syndrome, or |
| So IMITREX can relieve more than the severe head | | | | blood pressure that is uncontrolled. Very rarely, certain |
| pain of Migraine - it also relieves the nausea and other | | | | people, even some without heart disease, have had |
| symptoms, like sensitivity to light, that often accompany | | | | serious heart-related problems when taking IMITREX. |
| Migraine. About the Dose- The tablets offer an | | | | Therefore, if you have risk factors for heart disease, |
| effective treatment when taken very early in an | | | | such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, |
| attack. Migraineurs will find the tablets work best when | | | | or are a smoker, you need to be evaluated by your |
| taken at onset, during the predrome, or as soon as the | | | | doctor before taking IMITREX. If you are currently |
| aura phase starts. Although not as effective or as fast | | | | taking other medications, particularly MAO inhibitors and |
| acting as the shot, it offers an effective therapy using | | | | ergotamines, or if you are pregnant, nursing, or thinking |
| the manufacturers recommend 50 mg dose. | | | | of becoming pregnant, you should talk to your doctor. |
| Using IMITREX®- | | | | What's more, if the headaches you are suffering are |
| IMITREX should be taken at the onset of a Migraine | | | | not Migraines, IMITREX is not for you. |
| attack. But, if you can't, you should know that IMITREX | | | | |