Maxalt - Your Solution To Migraine Headaches

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Migraines and other types of headache, such as tension headache and
sinus headache, are painful and can rob you of quality of life.
Migraine symptoms include a pounding headache, nausea, vomiting, and
light sensitivity. Headache remedies include various types of pain
relievers. Migraine treatments may also include antinausea drugs and
medications to prevent or stop headaches.


Although the cause of migraine attacks is not fully understood, it is
thought that widening of blood vessels in the brain causes the
throbbing pain of migraine headaches.

Maxalt (Rizatriptan) relieves this pain by causing the blood vessels
in the brain to narrow.


MAXALT is a medication of the triptan family used for the abortive
treatment of migraine attacks in adults. It is a member of a class of
drugs called selective 5-HT1B/1D receptor agonists. Maxalt is
available as a traditional oral tablet.


migraine_342x198_100480417.jpg Maxalt works by stimulating receptors
called serotonin receptors that are found in the brain. A natural
substance called serotonin normally acts on these receptors, causing
blood vessels in the brain to narrow. Rizatriptan mimics this action
of serotonin by directly stimulating the serotonin receptors in the
brain. This narrows the blood vessels and so relieves the pain of
migraine headaches.


The dose of rizatriptan should be taken as early as possible after the
migraine headache has started, though it is also effective if taken at
a later stage during the migraine attack. It should not be taken
during the aura, or warning phase that can occur before a migraine
headache, as the safety and effectiveness of the medicine have not
been established during this period, and the medicine will not prevent
the headache.

This medicine should preferably be taken on an empty stomach, because
the presence of food in the stomach can delay the effect of the
medicine.


If your first dose of rizatriptan does not work to relieve your
migraine, it is fine to take a painkiller containing aspirin,
paracetamol, or a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), such
as ibuprofen. This medicine must not be taken in combination with
other 5HT agonists (triptans), eg sumatriptan, zolmitriptan,
frovatriptan, naratriptan, eletriptan, almotriptan.

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