Triptan
Also known as triptans
Triptans are a family of antimigraine drugs used to abort migraines and cluster headaches. While effective at treating individual headaches, they do not provide preventive treatment and are not curative. They are not effective for the treatment of tension–type headache, except in persons who also experience migraines. Triptans do not relieve other kinds of pain. They are taken orally and by other routes.
Key facts
- Drug class.Name
- Triptans
- Drug class.Image
- Sumatriptan.svg
- Drug class.Width
- 250px
- Drug class.ImageClass
- skin-invert-image
- Drug class.Caption
- Chemical structure of sumatriptan, the prototypical triptan
- Drug class.Use
- Migraine, cluster headache
- Drug class.Biological_target
- Serotonin 5-HT1B, 5-HT1D, and 5-HT1F receptors
- Drug class.ATC_prefix
- N02CC
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