More migraine drugs will also be out in the next few months.
More migraine drugs will also be out in the next few months.
Novartis will launch Migranal...a dihydroergotamine (DHE) nasal spray. Both DHE and sumatriptan are serotonin agonists. Sumatriptan is faster-acting...but DHE lasts longer.
Three new oral "triptans" are also close to approval...Zomig (zolmitriptan, Zeneca)...Maxalt (rizatriptan, Merck)...and Amerge (naratriptan, Glaxo).
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