Frovaptan
Frovaptan is a medicine used to treat the headache phase of migraine attacks, with or without aura, in adults.
Form
tabletti, kalvopäällysteinen
Strength
2.5 mg
Active Ingredient
Frovatriptan succinate monohydrate
Manufacturer
Avansor Pharma Oy
How to Use
Dosage
Take one 2.5 mg tablet as soon as a migraine headache starts. If the headache returns within 24 hours, you can take a second tablet, but wait at least 2 hours.
Method
Swallow the tablet whole with water. It can be taken with or without food.
Important
Do not take more than 5 mg (two tablets) within 24 hours.
Possible Side Effects
COMMON
- •Nausea
- •Dry mouth
- •Stomach pain
- •Indigestion
- •Feeling tired
- •Mild chest pressure or discomfort
- •Headache
- •Dizziness
- •Tingling in hands or feet
- •Reduced sense of touch
- •Feeling very sleepy
- •Hot flashes
- •Feeling of tightness in the throat
- •Blurred vision
- •Increased sweating
RARE
- •Changes in taste
- •Shaking (tremors)
- •Trouble focusing
- •Feeling very slow or sluggish
- •Increased sensitivity to touch
- •Involuntary muscle twitches
- •Diarrhea
- •Trouble swallowing
- •Gas
- •Stomach discomfort
- •Bloated stomach
- •Fast heartbeat (palpitations)
- •High blood pressure
- •Strong chest pain or pressure
- •Feeling hot
- •Less tolerance to hot or cold
- •Pain
- •Weakness
- •Fever
- •Thirst
- •Slow movements
- •More energy than usual
- •General feeling of being unwell
- •Anxiety
- •Trouble sleeping
- •Confusion
- •Feeling nervous
- •Feeling restless
- •Depression
- •Feeling like you are not yourself
- •Cold hands or feet
- •Nasal irritation
- •Sinus infection
- •Sore throat
- •Stiff muscles
- •Muscle or bone pain
- •Leg or arm pain
- •Back pain
- •Tender joints
- •Eye pain
- •Eye irritation
- •Painful sensitivity to light
- •Itching
- •Ringing in ears
- •Ear pain
- •Dehydration
- •Frequent urination
- •Increased urine production
- •Muscle cramps
- •Weak muscles
- •Reduced reflexes
- •Problems with movement
- •Constipation
- •Burping
- •Heartburn
- •Irritable bowel
- •Lip blisters
- •Lip pain
- •Spasm of the throat (esophagus)
- •Mouth blisters
- •Stomach ulcer
- •Ulcer in upper small intestine
- •Salivary gland pain
- •Mouth inflammation
- •Toothache
- •Memory loss
- •Unusual dreams
- •Personality changes
- •Nosebleed
- •Hiccups
- •Increased breathing rate
- •Breathing difficulty
- •Night blindness
- •Goosebumps
- •Red or purplish spots on skin
- •Hives
- •Slow heart rate
- •Ear discomfort
- •Ear problems
- •Ear itching
- •Increased sound sensitivity
- •High bilirubin in blood
- •Low blood calcium
- •Abnormal urine tests
- •Low blood sugar
- •Frequent night urination
- •Kidney pain
- •Self-inflicted injury (e.g., bite or bruise)
- •Swollen lymph nodes
- •Breast tenderness
- •Severe allergic reaction (rash, itching, sudden swelling of lips/eyes/tongue, breathing trouble, fast heartbeat)
- •Heart attack
- •Temporary narrowing of heart's blood vessels (coronary artery spasm)
Important Warnings
- Do not take if you are allergic to frovatriptan or any other ingredients.
- Do not take if you have had a heart attack, heart disease, stroke, untreated high blood pressure, or severe liver disease.
- Do not take with ergotamine-based migraine medicines or other triptans.
- Stop taking and call a doctor immediately if you have chest pain, trouble breathing, or signs of a severe allergic reaction (like rash, swelling of face or tongue).
- Talk to your doctor if you have risk factors for heart disease (e.g., you smoke, are a man over 40, or a woman in/after menopause).
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- This medicine is not for children under 18 or adults over 65 years old.
- Avoid taking with St. John's Wort or certain antidepressants (MAOI inhibitors).
- Be careful when driving or using machines, as this medicine or migraine itself can make you sleepy.