Eletriptan - el-ih-TRIP-tan is using to treat severe migraine headaches. Many people find that their headaches go away completely after they take eletriptan. Other people find that their headaches are much less painful and that they are able to go back to their normal activities even though their headaches are not completely gone. Eletriptan often relieves other symptoms that occur together with a migraine headache, such as nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to light and sensitivity to sound.
Eletriptan is not an ordinary pain reliever. It will not relieve any kind of pain other than migraine headaches. This drug is usually using for people whose headaches are not relieved by acetaminophen, aspirin, or other pain relievers.
Eletriptan has causing serious side effects in some people, especially people who have heart or blood vessel disease. Be sure that you discuss with your family doctor the chance of using this drug as well as the good that it can do.
This drug is available only with your family doctor's prescription, in the following dosage forms:
Some commonly using brand names are:
In the USA
† Not commercially available in Canada.