5-10 mg PO at migraine onset; may repeat after 2 hours, maximum 30 mg/24 hours
preparations
String
Tablets 5, 10 mg; ODT (Maxalt-MLT) 5, 10 mg
fda_max
String
30 mg/24 hours
pill_id
Text
routes
List of String, delimiter: ,
Oral
onset
String
30 minutes for migraine relief
duration
String
4-6 hours; headache recurrence is common
halflife
String
2-3 hours'"`UNIQ--ref-00000012-QINU`"'
bioavailability
String
~45% (oral; substantially higher than sumatriptan's ~14%)'"`UNIQ--ref-00000013-QINU`"'
pregnancy
String
Limited human data; pregnancy registry data have been broadly reassuring across the triptan class.<sup class="pcp-cn" title="This claim needs a citation.">[[[Pharmacopedia:Citation needed|citation needed]]]</sup>
