Migraine has been spoiling people’s lives for many, many centuries. Hippocrates, Joan of Arc, Julius Caesar, and Sigmund Freud are said to suffer from migraine attacks. During the long history of men’s struggle with migraine people searched for the weapons to overwhelm this disease. For example, in ancient times people thought that drilling a hole in a patient’s head was the most effective way to treat his migraines.
Nowadays the struggle against migraine continues – people still do not have a weapon to get rid of migraine pain once and forever. However, the modern pharmaceutical industry developed many really effective medications against migraine based on the understanding of the disease nature and mechanism. What is of no small importance, present days remedies for migraine sufferers are much safer in comparison to drilling a head.
Maxalt is one of the medications, known as triptans, which are commonly used today to treat acute migraine attacks. Though this pill as well as any other modern medication cannot cure migraine, Maxalt is the fastest among all the existing options in reducing the severity of migraine symptoms, such as nausea, pain and sensitivity to light or sound.
Furthermore, triptans, including Maxalt, are the mightiest weapons against migraine for the time being. They are usually used when all the other options, like traditional painkillers, beta-blockers or antidepressants, failed in relieving migraine attacks. That is why it is of crucial importance to know how to use this weapon, so that it would not bring more risks than benefits for a patient.
First of all, one should remember that due to the specific action of Maxalt, which narrows the blood vessels in brains, the use of this medication is not recommended for people with the uncontrolled high blood pressure or increased risk of heart disorders. Otherwise, the blood pressure may increase drastically, resulting in serious consequences, such as stroke or seizures.
In general, Maxalt tablets are taken by mouth as soon as migraine symptoms begin or at any time during the attack. If a patient does not feel the relief after the first tablet, the second pill may be taken in 2 hours. Yet one should remember that doctors do not recommend taking more than 30 mg of Maxalt per day (this will make 6 pills with 5 mg of active ingredient or 3 pills with 10 mg of active ingredient each).
By the way, Merck Company, the manufacturer of Maxalt, offers a special form of this medication, designed for those people, who feel uncomfortable with swallowing the hard pills. It is called Maxalt-MLT. This is an orally disintegrating tablet, which dissolves right on the tongue with or without water.
Naturally, when using Maxalt for treating migraines, one should be ready for some side effects, which may be caused by the medication. Statistics say that the most common adverse reactions are dizziness, tiredness, fatigue and nausea (though another statistics say that Maxalt, in fact, reduces nausea ?:) Less common side effects include tingling in the hands or feet, pain or pressure in the neck, chest or jaw. Since such symptoms may signal about some other disorder in one’s organism, it would not be out of place to consult a doctor ASAP.
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