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These therapies are effective for treating mild to moderate migraine pain. Specific acute care medications include dihydroergotamine (DHE) and the triptans (sumatriptan, rizatriptan, zolmitriptan, naratriptan, eletriptan, and frovatriptan).These medications both inhibit dilatation of meningeal vessels and reduce abnormal neural activation.he half-life of most of the available medications is approximately 2 to 3 hours; those with longer half-lives (eg, DHE nasal spray, naratriptan, eletriptan, and frovatriptan) have lower recurrence rates (15% to 20% vs 30% for other triptans). Recurrence with triptans tends to occur within 8 to 12 hours.
If you are taking more than one medicine, these may interact with each other. Your prescriber may decide to use medicines which interact with each other if the benefit outweighs the risks. In these cases, the dose of your medicines may need to be adjusted or you may be monitored more closely. The following medicines may interact with sumatriptan: Ergotamine or derivatives of ergotamine (e.g. methysergide), Other triptans such as zolmitriptan, rizatriptan and naratriptan ; Other sumatriptan containing products ; Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIâs) (used for depression) within the last 2 weeks