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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.
Almotriptan is a triptan, prescribed for acute migraine attacks. The medication results in the contraction of blood vessels surrounding the brain and also stops the release of substances that activates the pain.