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Real Life Pharmacology - Pharmacology Education for Health Care Professionals

Sumatriptan Pharmacology

Real Life Pharmacology - Pharmacology Education for Health Care Professionals

Eric Christianson, PharmD; Pharmacology Expert and Clinical Pharmacist

Education, Health & Fitness, Medicine

5716 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.

Transcript

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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.

0:11.4

You can get a free 31-page PDF.

0:15.2

Great study guide, quick summary review of the top 200 drugs, clinical practice pearls, as well as things that show up

0:23.0

on board exams a lot. Same thing if you're in pharmacy school, med school, nursing school,

0:28.7

and taking pharmacology, you're going to see a lot of the information there potentially

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,

0:41.8

as well as thoughts from others in academia as well.

0:46.6

So go check that out, subscribe, get that absolutely for free,

0:50.7

real-life pharmacology.com.

0:52.2

We also give you updates as to when we have new podcasts and content episodes available there

0:58.7

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0:59.6

So go do that at real-life pharmacology.com.

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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