October 13, 2011 (San Diego, California) — More than 20% of patients with migraine who also have cardiac contraindications continue to take triptans despite warnings, a new study shows. "It is ...

An initial triptan prescription was linked with ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction for people with a high-risk cardiovascular profile, a case-crossover study in Denmark found. Among more than ...

If you're one of the 37 million Americans who get migraine headaches, you know these painful headaches can make you miss work or school and can last several days if they're not treated. In some cases, ...

Triptans are prescription medications that treat migraine attacks after they start. They cannot prevent migraine, but they can ease pain and other symptoms. Triptans calm overactive nerves during an ...

BOSTON — Almost 5 million Americans with episodic migraine (EM) should not be prescribed a triptan, a widely used US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)–approved drug, because of the presence of ...

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 greater if ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Triptans and dihydroergotamine were not found to cause ischemic vascular events when used in the treatment of ...

Triptans have been a go-to acute migraine treatment for decades, and for many people these tried-and-true medications reliably keep full-blown migraine attacks at bay. But that’s not the case for ...

The analysis included 64 randomized clinical trials with a total of 46,442 patients. Newer migraine pharmacotherapies appear to be less effective than triptans, according to findings from a systematic ...

Triptans are a group of drugs targeted at alleviating symptoms of migraine, a severe and often debilitating headache that can affect sight and speech. The triptans available in Australia are: ...

The most effective triptans should be promoted globally and guidelines updated accordingly, say researchers. Some triptans are a more effective treatment for acute migraines than newer, more expensive ...