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Antimigraine drug information


Antimigraine drug
Drug class
Zolmitriptan, a common antimigraine medication
Class identifiers
UseMigraine therapy and prevention
ATC codeN02C
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Antimigraine drugs are medications intended to reduce the effects or intensity of migraine headache. They include drugs for the treatment of acute migraine symptoms as well as drugs for the prevention of migraine attacks.[1]

  1. ^ Mutschler E (2013). Arzneimittelwirkungen (in German) (10 ed.). Stuttgart: Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft. pp. 232–5. ISBN 978-3-8047-2898-1.

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