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Weekly Dose: triptans, drugs that relieve migraine but only if taken at the right time

  • Written by: Michael Vagg, Clinical Senior Lecturer at Deakin University School of Medicine & Pain Specialist, Barwon Health
imageMigraine is a severe, often debilitating headache that can affect sight and speech.Britt-knee/Flickr, CC BY

Triptans are a group of drugs targeted at alleviating symptoms of migraine, a severe and often debilitating headache that can affect sight and speech.

Triptans are derived from the amino acid tryptophan and designed to resemble the serotonin...

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