This medicine is effective in treating powerful heaches classified as migraines. Imigran tablets are used to provide relief for acute migraine attacks, with or without aura. It should only be used when there is a clear diagnosis of migraine.
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What is Imigran?
Imigran tablets are used to provide relief for acute migraine attacks, with or without aura. It should only be used when there is a clear diagnosis of migraine.
Imigran should be taken as early as possible after the onset of a migraine attack but is equally effective at whatever stage of the attack it is administered.
Imigran tablets contain the active ingredient sumatriptan, a medicine that is classified as a serotonin agonist. It is a painkiller that is specifically used to relieve migraine attacks.
How does Imigran work?
Imigran (sumatriptan) works by constricting blood vessels around the brain, which are thought to be dilated during a migraine attack. It also reduces the release of certain chemicals that can trigger inflammation and pain in the brain. These actions help relieve the headache and other associated migraine symptoms, like nausea, vomiting, and sensitivity to light or sound.
The throbbing pain of migraine headaches is the result of the widening or swelling of the blood vessels in the brain. Sumatriptan, the active ingredient of Imigran, acts on serotonin receptors that are found on the blood vessels in the brain, causing them to narrow. It also inhibits the action of the trigeminal nerve to relieve the headache and other symptoms that you may get with the migraine, such as feeling sick or sensitivity to sound or light.
Imigran starts working within about half an hour of taking the tablet.
What are benefits of taking Imigran?
The benefits of taking Imigran tablets include relief from the throbbing pain of migraine headache. The tablets also provide relief from feeling sick or sensitivity to light or sound.
Dosage
Take ONE tablet at the onset of symptoms, dose may be repeated after at least 2 hours if migraine symptoms return.
Maximum dose is 300mg in 24 hours (three 100mg tablets or six 50mg tablets).
Sumatriptan (Imigran) usually starts to work after 30 minutes
Side-effects
The side effects of Sumatriptan (imigran) can include pain, heaviness, pressure or tightness in the chest, throat or other parts of the body, or unusual sensations, including numbness, tingling and warmth or cold. These effects may be intense but generally pass quickly. Please read the Patient Information Leaflet enclosed with your medicines for a full list of side effects.
Other common side effects include:
Active ingredients
The active ingredient in Sumatriptan is sumatriptan.
Inactive ingredients
The inactive ingredients in Sumatriptan are lactose monohydrate, hypromellose, microcrystalline cellulose, croscarmellose sodium, magnesium stearate, hypromellose, and titanium dioxide (E171). The 50 mg film-coated tablets also include triacetin and red iron oxide (E172). Please Note: Different manufacturers of generic Sumatriptan could use different inactive ingredients in their drugs that those listed above.Imigran 50mg and 100mg tablets
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