Relpax (Eletriptan Hydrobromide)

Alternate Name: Relpax

Dosage Form: Tablet

Administration Route: By mouth

Drug Class: Antimigraine

Generic Available: Yes

Strength: 40 MG

Warnings: Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, or if you have diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or if you smoke. Tell your doctor if you have ischemic bowel disease, or a personal or family history of heart disease, heart attack, heart rhythm problems, blood circulation problems, or stroke. This medicine should be used only for migraine headaches. It will not work for any other kind of headache or pain. This medicine may cause the following problems:Higher risk for abnormal heart rhythm, heart attack, angina, or strokeSpasms in the blood vessels, including Raynaud syndromeSerotonin syndrome (more likely if used with medicine to treat depression)High blood pressure Your headaches may become worse if you use headache medicine for 10 or more days per month. This medicine may make you dizzy or drowsy. Do not drive or do anything else that could be dangerous until you know how this medicine affects you. Call your doctor if your symptoms do not improve or if they get worse. Keep all medicine out of the reach of children. Never share your medicine with anyone. Tightness or discomfort in your chest, neck, or jaw

Food Warnings: Your headaches may become worse if you use headache medicine for 10 or more days per month., This medicine may make you dizzy or drowsy. Do not drive or do anything else that could be dangerous until you know how this medicine affects you., Do not use this medicine if you have taken another migraine headache medicine in the past 24 hours, such as another triptan or an ergot medicine. These medicines include almotriptan, dihydroergotamine, ergotamine, frovatriptan, methysergide, rizatriptan, sumatriptan, or zolmitriptan. Do not take eletriptan if you have taken clarithromycin, itraconazole, ketoconazole, nefazodone, nelfinavir, ritonavir, or troleandomycin in the past 72 hours., Some foods and medicines can affect how eletriptan works. Tell your doctor if you are using medicine for depression or an MAO inhibitor., This medicine may cause the following problems:Higher risk for abnormal heart rhythm, heart attack, angina, or strokeSpasms in the blood vessels, including Raynaud syndromeSerotonin syndrome (more likely if used with medicine to treat depression)High blood pressure, Call your doctor if your symptoms do not improve or if they get worse., Keep all medicine out of the reach of children. Never share your medicine with anyone.