Pain, muscles and bones
Triptans
Used for
Migraine attacks
How it works
Narrow swollen blood vessels in the head and block pain signals. Taken when a migraine starts, not every day to prevent one.
Watch for
Not for people with heart disease.
- Name clue
- -triptan
- Examples
- sumatriptan (Imitrex)
- rizatriptan (Maxalt)
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