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View Post: OhioLINK EJC - Unpublished clinical trials with sumatriptan
3 Nov 2009
“A study to compare oral sumatriptan with oral aspirin plus oral metoclopramide in the acute treatment of migraine.” Eur Neurol . v. 32 p. 177–184. 1992. [Find It]; Ethics Subcommittee of the International Headache Society, . ...
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View Post: JOURNAL WATCH : ALLERGY, HEADACHE AND MIGRAINE « CHILDREN ALLERGY ...
15 Jun 2009 by klinikpediatri  
Zolmitriptan oral tablet in migraine treatment: high placebo responses in adolescents. Headache 2006;46:101–109. Lewis DW, Winner P, Hershey AD, et al. Efficacy of zolmitriptan nasal spray in adolescent migraine. Pediatrics 2007;120:390–396 . ... Headache 2007;47:511–518. [PubMed]; Winner P, Rothner AD, Saper J, et al. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of sumatriptan nasal spray in the treatment of acute migraine in adolescents. ...
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View Post: Guide to Headache Migraine Treatment
6 Nov 2009 by Butalbital Fioricet  
Some women who take oral contraceptives or estrogen experience worsening headaches while others improve. Similarly, some women have an increasing headache pattern during pregnancy while others have diminished headache intensity. ... In the case of classic migraine, Ergots (e.g., DHE-45) Serotonin agonists / triptans (e.g., sumatriptan) and Isometheptene. 3.Other medications are primarily given to treat the symptoms of migraine. Used alone or in combinations, ...
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View Post: Cytotoxicity assay and evaluation of thermoreversible in-situ gel ...
1 Nov 2009 by karim  
Sumatriptan is a 5HT1d receptor agonist used mainly in migraine and cluster headache having limitation of bioavailability for oral route and patient inconveniency for parentral route. Intranasal delivery of sumatriptan may overcome ...
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View Blog: IMITREX Tablets hold sumatriptan (as the succinate), a selective 5-hydroxytryptamine1 receptor subtype agonist. The oral dosage of this drug comprises 35, 70, or 140 mg of sumatriptan succinate comparable with 25, 50, or 100 mg of sumatriptan ... A 25, 50 or 100 mg of Imitrex sumatriptan tablet has been recommended as a single dose for adults to treat migraine headaches. If the migraine returns after being relieved, they can use another dose two hours after the last dose.

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View Post: What is a headache?
6 Nov 2009 by BBBEE_CompSpec  
inhalation of high concentrations of oxygen (though this will not work if the headache is well established);  injection of tryptan medications, for example, sumatriptan (Imitrex), zolmitriptan (Zomig), and rizatriptan (Maxalt) which ...
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View Post: novadel article published in headache: the journal of head and ...
3 Sep 2009 by admin  
novadel announces data from pilot efficacy study comparing sumatriptan oral spray to imitrex(r) tablets; zogenix obtains approval in us for sumavel™ dosepro™; migraine and increased risk of cardiovascular disease: migraine frequency ...
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View Post: Sumavel DosePro (sumatriptan injection) Approved by FDA for Acute ...
16 Jul 2009
Sumavel DosePro (sumatriptan injection) is used to treat acute migraine, with or without aura, and cluster headache. Includes Sumavel DosePro side effects, interactions and indications. ... The company's pipeline also includes ZX002, a novel oral controlled-release formulation of hydrocodone without acetaminophen for the treatment of chronic pain, expected to enter Phase 3 clinical trials in 2009. Zogenix also plans to license the patented DosePro needle-free drug ...
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View Post: Sumavel DosePro (Sumatriptan Injection) Drug Information: Uses ...
5 Aug 2009
... Migraine Attacks and Cluster Headache. Sumavel DosePro (sumatriptan injection) is indicated for the acute treatment of migraine attacks, with or without aura, and the acute treatment of cluster headache episodes. ..... Of 6348 patients with migraine who participated in premarketing controlled and uncontrolled clinical trials of oral sumatriptan, 2 experienced clinical adverse events shortly after receiving oral sumatriptan that may have reflected coronary vasospasm. ...
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View Post: Transdermal formulation of migraine drug effective - Headache News -
26 Jun 2009
They received each of five treatments: sumatriptan 100 mg oral tablets, sumatriptan 6 mg subcutaneously, sumatriptan 20 mg nasal spray, Zelrix I or Zelrix II. (The Zelrix patches contained different amounts of gel but each delivered 6 ...
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