Eletriptan (Systemic)

Brand Names : Relpax

Proper Use of This Medicine

Do not use eletriptan for a headache that is different from your usual migraines . Instead, check with your doctor.

To relieve your migraine as soon as possible, use eletriptan as soon as the headache pain begins.

You may get additional benefit from eletriptan if you lie down in a quiet, dark room after taking eletriptan.

Ask your doctor ahead of time about any other medicine you may take if eletriptan does not work. After you take the other medicine, check with your doctor as soon as possible.

If you feel much better after a dose of eletriptan, but your headache comes back or gets worse after 2 or more hours, you may use one additional dose of eletriptan. Do not take a second tablet if the first did not help your headache at all. However, use this medicine only as directed by your doctor. Do not use more of it, and do not use it more often than directed.

Dosing - The dose of eletriptan will be different for different patients. Follow your doctor's orders or the directions on the label. The following information includes only the average doses of eletriptan. If your dose is different, do not change it unless your doctor tells you to do so.

Follow your doctor's orders for preventing migraine.

• For oral dosage form (tablets):
  • For migraine headaches:
    • Adults - 20 milligrams (mg) or 40 mg as a single dose. If the migraine comes back after being relieved, another dose be taken two hours or more after the first dose. Do not take more than 2 doses in any twenty-four-hour period
    • Children - Use and dose must be determined by your doctor.

Storage - To store this medicine:

• Keep out of the reach of children.
• Do not store in the bathroom, near the kitchen sink, or in other damp places. Heat or moisture may cause the medicine to break down.
• Store away from heat and direct light.
• Do not keep outdated medicine or medicine no longer needed. Be sure that any discarded medicine is out of the reach of children.