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Symptoms of overdose may include:
Any medication taken in excess can have serious consequences. If you suspect an overdose, seek medical attention immediately.
Symptoms of Imitrex overdose may include:
- Bluish tinge to
the skin, convulsions, dilated pupils, inactivity, lack of coordination, paralysis, redness in the arms and legs, skin changes at the site of injection, slow breathing, sluggishness, tremor
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Other Medicines
Tell your health care professional if you are taking any other prescription or nonprescription (over-the-counter [OTC]) medicine, especially other prescription medicine for migraine headaches, or if y
ou smoke tobacco.
When you are taking .Imitrex, it is especially important that your health care professional know if you are taking the following:
Monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitor
activity (isocarboxazid [e.g., Marplan], phenelzine [e.g., Nardil], procarbazine [e.g., Matulane], selegiline [e.g., Eldepryl], tranylcypromine [e.g., Parnate])¡XTaking .Imitrex while you are taking
r within 2 weeks of taking MAO inhibitors may cause sudden high body temperature, extremely high blood pressure and severe convulsions;
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Side Effects
If you develop severe chest pain, call the doctor immediately. Also seek immediate attention if you suffer sudden, severe abdominal pain after a dose of Imitrex. It could signal a blood vessel problem
.
Be careful not to inject Imitrex into a vein. This can cause a serious heart irregularity.
If your fingers turn pale, then blue, after a dose of Imitrex, you may have a circulato
ry problem such as hardening of the arteries. Be sure to let your doctor know.
This medication should not be used for other types of migraine headache. If the first dose does not relieve you
r symptoms, your doctor will re-evaluate you; you may not have migraine or cluster headache.
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Precautions Before Using This Medicine
Pregnancy¡X.Imitrex has not been studied in pregnant women. However, in some animal studies, .Imitrex caused harmful effects to the fetus. These unwanted effects usually occurred when .Imitrex was giv
n in amounts that were large enough to cause harmful effects in the mother.
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What special precautions should I follow?
tell your doctor if you smoke, if you have a strong family history of heart disease, if you are postmenopausal, or if you are a man over 40. Also tell your doctor if you have or have ever had high blo
od pressure; angina (recurring chest pain); a heart attack; diabetes; high cholesterol; obesity; stroke; transient ischemic attack (mini-stroke); ischemic bowel disease; coronary artery disease; seizu
res; or blood vessel, kidney, or liver disease.
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Why is this drug prescribed?
Imitrex is prescribed for the treatment of a migraine attack with or without the presence of an aura (visual disturbances, usually sensations of halos or flickering lights, which precede an attack). T
he injectable form is also used to relieve cluster headache attacks. (Cluster headaches come on in waves, then disappear for long periods of time. They are limited to one side of the head, and occur m
ainly in men.)
Imitrex cuts headaches short. It will not reduce the number of attacks you experience
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