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• This medicine is taken on an as needed basis.

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• Change in condition being treated. Is it better, worse, or about the same?

• Keep a diary of your headaches.

• Dry mouth may cause an increase in cavities. Take good care of your teeth. See a dentist regularly.

• Follow up with healthcare provider.

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• Store at room temperature.

• Protect from light.

• Protect from moisture. Do not store in a bathroom or kitchen.

• Use Zomig-ZMT™ tablets right after opening.

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Edited Zolmitriptan Overview: 14 years ago

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Modified: 2010-03-15 14:43:31.0

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• If you have a life-threatening allergy, wear allergy identification at all times.

• Do not share your medicine with others and do not take anyone else's medicine.

• Keep all medicine out of the reach of children and pets.

• Most medicines can be thrown away in household trash after mixing with coffee grounds or kitty litter and sealing in a plastic bag.

• Keep a list of all your medicines (prescription, natural products, supplements, vitamins, over-the-counter) with you. Give this list to healthcare provider (doctor, nurse, nurse practitioner, pharmacist, physician assistant).

• Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or in Canada to Health Canada's Canada Vigilance Program at 1-866-234-2345.

• Talk with healthcare provider before starting any new medicine, including over-the-counter, natural products, or vitamins.

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What are the precautions when taking this medicine?

• Use caution if you have risk factors for heart disease (high blood pressure, high cholesterol, overweight, diabetes, cigarette smoking, male older than 40 years of age, other family members with early heart disease, postmenopausal female). Talk with healthcare provider.

• If you have liver disease, talk with healthcare provider.

• If you have PKU, talk with healthcare provider. Some products do contain phenylalanine.

• Check medicines with healthcare provider. This medicine may not mix well with other medicines.

• You may not be alert. Avoid driving, doing other tasks or activities until you see how this medicine affects you.

• Avoid alcohol (includes wine, beer, and liquor).

• Tell healthcare provider if you are pregnant or plan on getting pregnant.

• Tell healthcare provider if you are breast-feeding.

What are some possible side effects of this medicine?

• Feeling dizzy. Rise slowly over several minutes from sitting or lying position. Be careful climbing.

• Feeling lightheaded, sleepy, having blurred vision, or a change in thinking clearly. Avoid driving, doing other tasks or activities that require you to be alert or have clear vision until you see how this medicine affects you.

• Nausea or vomiting. Small frequent meals, frequent mouth care, sucking hard, sugar-free candy, or chewing sugar-free gum may help.

• Dry mouth. Frequent mouth care, sucking hard, sugar-free candy, or chewing sugar-free gum may help.

Reasons to call healthcare provider immediately

• If you suspect an overdose, call your local poison control center or emergency department immediately.

• Signs of a life-threatening reaction. These include wheezing; chest tightness; fever; itching; bad cough; blue skin color; fits; or swelling of face, lips, tongue, or throat.

• Chest pain or pressure, fast heartbeat, or passing out.

• Significant change in thinking clearly and logically.

• Significant change in balance.

• Agitation, twitching, sweating, or muscle stiffness.

• Very nervous and excitable.

• Change in strength on one side greater than the other, difficulty speaking or thinking, change in balance, or blurred vision.

• Severe headache or no headache relief after the first dose.

• Numbness or tingling of hands or feet.

• Sudden change in vision, eye pain, or irritation.

• Severe nausea or vomiting.

• Severe belly pain or bloody diarrhea.

• Feeling extremely tired or weak.

• Any rash.

• No improvement in condition or feeling worse.

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Edited Zolmitriptan Overview: Overview 14 years ago

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Zomig-ZMT®; Zomig®

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Zomig®; Zomig® Nasal Spray; Zomig® Rapimelt

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Zomig

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Antimigraine Agent; Serotonin 5-HT1B, 1D Receptor Agonist

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• There is a risk of serotonin syndrome when using this medicine with certain medicines for depression or weight loss. The syndrome is caused by too much serotonin in the body. Signs include agitation, changes in blood pressure, diarrhea, fast heartbeat, hallucinations, nausea and vomiting, significant change in balance, and significant change in thinking clearly and logically. Talk with healthcare provider.

• This medicine does not mix well with many medicines. Serious reactions may occur. Check all medicines with healthcare provider.

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• If you have an allergy to zolmitriptan or any other part of this medicine.

• Tell healthcare provider if you are allergic to any medicine. Make sure to tell about the allergy and how it affected you. This includes telling about rash; hives; itching; shortness of breath; wheezing; cough; swelling of face, lips, tongue, or throat; or any other symptoms involved.

• If you have any of the following conditions: Certain types of migraines, chest pain or pressure, diseased arteries going to legs, heart disease, poor circulation, poor intestinal blood flow, stroke, uncontrolled high blood pressure, or Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.

• If you have taken isocarboxazid, phenelzine, or tranylcypromine in the last 14 days. Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (eg, isocarboxazid, phenelzine, and tranylcypromine) must be stopped 14 days before this medicine is started. Taking the two together could cause dangerously high blood pressure.

• If you have taken almotriptan, eletriptan, frovatriptan, naratriptan, rizatriptan, or sumatriptan in the last 24 hours.

• If you have taken ergotamine, methysergide, or dihydroergotamine in the last 24 hours.

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• Zolmitriptan reduces swelling of blood vessels in the brain that cause the migraine.

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• This medicine is used to treat migraine headaches.

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Oral:

• You may break the tablet in half. Do not chew or crush.

• Take this medicine with liquids as early as possible after the attack has started.

Oral-disintegrating tablet:Place on tongue and let dissolve. Water is not needed. Do not swallow whole. Do not chew, break, or crush.

• If your headache returns after the first dose, another dose may be taken 2 hours after the first one.

Intranasal:

• For the nose only.

• Blow your nose before use.

• Spray a single dose in one nostril as early as possible after the attack has started.

• If the headache returns, the dose may be repeated once after 2 hours.

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