Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A retrospective claims analysis included more than 184,000 individuals with migraine who used at least one ...

Triptans have been a go-to acute migraine treatment for decades, and for many people these tried-and-true medications reliably keep full-blown migraine attacks at bay. But that’s not the case for ...

When you get a migraine attack, you want relief right away. For many people, that relief comes from sumatriptan (Imitrex), the original triptan medication. Despite the development of more triptans and ...

Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol. 2013;6(3):271-288. Triptans are highly effective for short-term treatment of acute migraine attacks. They are effective in MA or MO, but are not intended for use in ...

The majority of adults with migraine seen on a headache service do not benefit from triptans because of lack of effectiveness or side effects, requiring alternate medication strategies. Investigators ...

Combination therapy is recommended for migraine pain, a new guideline says Doctors should prescribe triptans along with pain killers like NSAIDs or acetaminophen for migraine pain This represents a ...

An underused category of drug appears more effective for managing migraine-related symptoms than newer, costlier medications, according to a sweeping review of clinical trials. Despite being designed ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Rimegepant offered superior sustained pain relief, pain freedom and normal function up to 48 hours. Most adverse ...

A study from The BMJ indicates that the newest class of migraine drugs—which includes Pfizer’s Nurtec, AbbVie’s Ubrelvy and Eli Lilly’s Reyvow—is less effective in the acute treatment of migraines ...

It is unknown whether Imitrex is safe to take during pregnancy. There haven’t been any clinical studies of this drug during pregnancy. Animal studies found that the drug could cause congenital ...

Your cost for Imitrex may depend on several factors. These include the form you take, whether you have health insurance, and your pharmacy. Financial assistance may be available to help with the ...