Triptans are effective medicines used to treat migraine headaches. They significantly reduce pain within two hours for most people. Complete relief is less common, but the likelihood may be ...

Dr. Carl Dahlöf reviewed four clinical trials involving poor sumatriptan responders and their response to other triptans. All four trials found high likelihood of response to a second triptan ...

Triptans to treat migraine during pregnancy appear to have no major teratogenic effects, new research shows.

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A study on migraine medications reveals that older migraine drug triptans like eletriptan outperform newer migraine treatments in rapid and sustained migraine pain relief.

For comparison, the most widely used triptan formulations, namely sumatriptan nasal spray or tablet formulations, both reach maximum blood levels of drug in about 60 to 120 minutes thus delaying ...