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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.
Bronchodilators dilate or enlarge the airways by relaxing the muscles surrounding the airways. Albuterol and ipratropium work by different mechanisms, but both cause the muscles of the airways to relax. Albuterol is a bronchodilator of the beta-2 agonist type.Beta-2 agonists are medications that stimulate beta-2 receptors on the smooth muscle cells that line the airways, causing these muscle cells to relax and thereby opening airways. Ipratropium blocks the effect of acetylcholine in airways and nasal passages.lbuterol is a bronchodilator of the beta-2 agonist type. Beta-2 agonists are medications that stimulate beta-2 receptors on the smooth muscle cells that line the airways, causing these muscle cells to relax and thereby opening airways.