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Rimegepant
Rimegepant is an oral antagonist of the CGRP receptor developed by Biohaven Pharmaceuticals. It received FDA approval on February 27, 2020 for the acute treatment migraine headache, and was subsequently approved by the European Commission in April 2022 for both the treatment and prevention of migraines. While several parenteral antagonists...
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Matched Description: … [L38814]
The current standard of migraine therapy involves abortive treatment with "triptans", such ... Antagonism of the CGRP pathway has become an attractive target for migraine therapy as, unlike the triptans …
Almotriptan
Almotriptan is a triptan drug for the treatment of migraine headaches. Almotriptan is in a class of medications called selective serotonin receptor agonists. It works by narrowing blood vessels in the brain, stopping pain signals from being sent to the brain, and stopping the release of certain natural substances that...
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Ubrogepant
Ubrogepant is indicated for the acute treatment of migraine headaches with or without aura in adults. It was approved by the FDA on December 23, 2019, and is the first oral calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor antagonist approved for the acute treatment of migraine. Several oral small molecule CGRP receptor...
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Matched Description: … [L43987]
Compared to the current standard of therapy for migraine treatment, namely triptans such …
Zolmitriptan
Zolmitriptan is a member of the triptan class of 5-hydroxytryptamine(5-HT)1B/1D/(1F) receptor agonists used to treat acute migraine.[A462, L12978] Sumatriptan was the first triptan to be developed, but had poor oral bioavailability and lipophilicity. This led to the development of second-generation triptans, including almotriptan, eletriptan, frovatriptan, naratriptan, rizatriptan, and zolmitriptan. Triptans...
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Matched Description: … [A193791] Triptans can be administered alone or in combination with an NSAID like [naproxen], and represent ... This led to the development of second-generation triptans, including [almotriptan], [eletriptan], [frovatriptan …
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Naratriptan
Naratriptan is a triptan drug that is selective for the 5-hydroxytryptamine1 receptor subtype. It is typically used for the treatment of migraine headaches.
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Sumatriptan
Sumatriptan is a serotonin receptor agonist commonly used to treat migraines and sometimes cluster headaches.[L6793,L6796,L6799,L6805,L6808,L6811] Sumatriptan is the first of the triptans and was made available in Europe in 1991 to treat migraines. Sumatriptan was granted FDA approval on 28 December 1992.
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Matched Description: … [L6793,L6796,L6799,L6805,L6808,L6811] Sumatriptan is the first of the triptans and was made available …
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Matched Categories: … Triptans …
Rizatriptan
Rizatriptan is a second-generation triptan and a selective 5-HT1B and 5-HT1D receptor agonist. Used in the treatment of migraines, rizatriptan was first approved in the US in 1998. Rizatriptan is available in oral tablets, orally disintegrating tablets (wafers), and oral film formulations.
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Dihydroergotamine
A 9,10alpha-dihydro derivative of ergotamine. Dihydroergotamine is used as an abortive therapy for migraines. Its use has largely been supplanted by triptans in current therapy due to the class's greater selectivity and more favourable side effect profile.
Recent improvements have been made in the design of intranasal delivery devices allowing...
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Matched Description: … [L38469] Its use has largely been supplanted by triptans in current therapy due to the class's greater …
Eletriptan
Eletriptan is a second generation triptan drug developed by Pfizer Inc for the treatment of migraine headaches.
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Frovatriptan
Frovatriptan is a triptan drug developed by Vernalis for the treatment of migraine headaches, in particular those associated with menstruation. Frovatriptan causes vasoconstriction of arteries and veins that supply blood to the head.
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Lasmiditan
Lasmiditan is an oral medication used in the termination of migraine headaches that was first approved for use in the United States in October 2019.[L9338,L9356] It was also approved by the European Commission on August 17, 2022. Traditionally, the triptan class of anti-migraine medications (e.g. sumatriptan) have seen preferential use...
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Matched Description: … [A187316] Triptans abort migraines via action at several serotonin receptors, including 5-HT1D
Tramadol
Tramadol is a centrally acting synthetic opioid analgesic and SNRI (serotonin/norepinephrine reuptake-inhibitor) that is structurally related to codeine and morphine. Due to its good tolerability profile and multimodal mechanism of action, tramadol is generally considered a lower-risk opioid option for the treatment of moderate to severe pain. It is considered...
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NXN-188
NXN-188 is a first-in-class, dual-action small molecule incorporating both neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) inhibition and 5-HT agonism that is being developed for the treatment of acute migraine.
Investigational
Olcegepant
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals’ olcegepant (BIBN 4096) is a selective Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP) antagonist, a new class of drugs in development for the treatment of acute migraine attacks. Olcegepant is undergoing phase II trials in Europe and the US, with preliminary results suggesting that CGRP antagonists may represent a potential...
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