Generic name: rizatriptan [ RYE-za-TRIP-tan ]
Brand names: Maxalt, Maxalt-MLT
Dosage forms: oral tablet (10 mg; 5 mg); oral tablet, disintegrating (10 mg; 5 mg)
Drug class:Antimigraine agents
What is rizatriptan?
Rizatriptan is a headache medicine that narrows the blood vessels around the brain. Rizatriptan also reduces substances in the body that can trigger headache pain, nausea, sensitivity to light and sound, and other migraine symptoms.
Rizatriptan is used to treat migraine headaches. Rizatriptan will only treat a headache that has already begun. It will not prevent headaches or reduce the number of attacks.
Rizatriptan should not be used to treat a common tension headache, or a headache that causes loss of movement on one side of your body. Use rizatriptan only if your condition has been confirmed by a doctor as migraine headaches.
Rizatriptan may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.
Warnings
You should not use this medicine if you have uncontrolled high blood pressure, heart problems, a history of heart attack or stroke, or circulation problems that cause a lack of blood supply within the body.
Do not take rizatriptan within 24 hours before or after using another migraine headache medicine.
Do not use this medicine if you have used an MAO inhibitor in the past 14 d...
