Sumatriptan Pharmacology
Real Life Pharmacology - Pharmacology Education for Health Care Professionals
Eric Christianson, PharmD; Pharmacology Expert and Clinical Pharmacist
4.9 • 773 Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2021
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
On this episode, I discuss sumatriptan pharmacology, adverse effects, drug interactions and more.
Dosage forms can provide different methods of drug delivery and I talk about many different sumatriptan dosage forms in this episode.
Cardiovascular risks need to be assessed when using a drug like sumatriptan. I discuss this in greater detail in the podcast.
Sumatriptan has serotonergic activity and we need to assess the risk of serotonin syndrome in our patients.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, all, welcome back to the Real Life Pharmacology podcast. |
| 0:03.9 | I'm your host, pharmacist, Derek Christensen, and I thank you so much for listening today. |
| 0:08.3 | Go check out Real Life Pharmacology.com. |
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| 0:23.0 | on board exams a lot. Same thing if you're in pharmacy school, med school, nursing school, |
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| 0:34.3 | show up on pharmacology exams throughout your career too. |
| 0:38.1 | So again, based on my experience, things I've seen in practice, |
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| 1:03.0 | And with that, let's get into the drug of the day today. |
| 1:07.0 | And that is sumatriptin. |
| 1:09.7 | Primary brand name you're going to hear in clinical practice is Imitrex. |
| 1:14.3 | I definitely see this medication used periodically. |
| 1:19.0 | By far, the most common situation I see it used for is acute migraine treatment. |
| 1:27.2 | With that said, I have seen it used for cluster headaches as well. |
| 1:31.9 | If you remember in cluster headaches, oxygen is important treatment, |
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