Acute migraine: Current treatment and emerging therapies

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Table 1 Triptan comparison compared to 100 mgs of sumatriptan. Copyright © 2002. Reproduced with permission from Ferrari MD, Goadsby PJ, Roon KI, et al 2002. Triptans (serotonin 5-HT^1B/D agonists) in migraine: detailed results and methods of a meta-analysis of 53 trials. Cephalalgia, 22:633–58.

	Initial 2 h Relief	Sustained Pain relief	Consistency	Tolerability
Sumatriptan 50 mgs	=	=	=/−	=
Sumatriptan 25 mgs	=	=/−	−	+
Zolmitriptan 2.5 mgs	=	=	=	=
Zolmitriptan 5.0 mgs	=	=	=	=
Naratriptan 2.5 mgs	−	−	−	=
Rizatriptan 5 mgs	=	=	=	=
Eletriptan 20 mgs	−	−	−	=
Eletriptan 40 mgs	=/+	=/+	−	=
Eletriptan 80 mgs	+	+	=	−
Almotriptan 12.5 mgs	=	+	+	++

FerrariMDGoadsbyPJRoonKITriptans (serotonin 5-HT1B/1D agonists) in migraine: detailed results and methods of a meta-analysis of 53 trialsCephalalgia2002226335812383060

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