Sumatriptan : Before Using

Sumatriptan - Systemic

Brand Names

Imitrex Sumatriptan *** Before Using *** How to Use *** Fore Safe Use *** Side Effects

Before Using

In deciding to using a medication, the problems of uses this drugs must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you will make. For sumatriptan, the following must be considered

Allergic reaction

Tell your family doctor if you have any unusual or allergy to sumatriptan. Also tell your health care professional if you are allergic to any other substances, such as foods, preservatives, or dyes.

Pregnancy care

Sumatriptan has not been studied in pregnant women. However, in some animal studies, sumatriptan causing harmful effects to the fetus. These unwanted effects usually occurred when sumatriptan was given in amounts that were large enough to cause harmful effects in the mother.

Breast-feeding problem

Sumatriptan passes into human breast milk. Breast-feeding mothers must discuss the chance and benefits of this drug with their family doctors.

Use for Children

Studies on this drug have been done only in diseaseds 18 years of age or older and there is no special info comparing use of sumatriptan in child with use in other age groups.

Elderly care

This drug has been tested in a limited number of diseaseds between 60 and 65 years of age. It did not cause various side effects or problems in these diseaseds than it did in adults people. However, there is no special info comparing use of sumatriptan in diseaseds older than 65 years of age with use in adults people.

Drug interactions

Although certain medication must not be using together at all, in other cases two various medication may be using together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your family doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. Tell your health care professional if you are taking any other prescription or nonprescription - over-the-counter "OTC " drug, especially other prescription drug for migraine headaches, or if you smoke tobacco.

When you are taking sumatriptan, it is especially important that your health care professional know if you are taking the following:

Monoamine oxidase - MAO inhibitor activity - isocarboxazid " Marplan ", phenelzine " Nardil ", procarbazine " Matulane ", selegiline " Eldepryl ", tranylcypromine " Parnate " Taking sumatriptan while you are taking or within 2 weeks of taking MAO inhibitors may cause sudden high body temperature, extremely high blood pressure and severe convulsions; at least 14 days must be allowed between stopping treat with one drug and starting treat with the other.

Other Information for using

The presence of other medical problems may effect the use of sumatriptan. Make sure you tell your family doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:

Angina - chest pain
Fast or irregular heartbeat
Heart or blood vessel disease
High blood pressure
Kidney disease
Liver disease
Stroke - history of The risk of side effects may be increased. Heart or blood vessel disease and high blood pressure sometimes do not cause any symptoms, so some people do not know that they have these problems. Before deciding whether you must use sumatriptan, your family doctor may need to do some tests to make sure that you do not have any of these conditions.