Maxalt Pain Relief Tablets

Maxalt is used to treat migraine. Its active substance rizatriptan benzoate is a selective agonist of 5-hydroxytryptamine 1D receptors. The medication starts to act within 30 min after intake. The medication is used to treat headache which has already started. It is not used to prevent attacks of headaches.

Dosage and direction
Take Maxalt single doses of 5 or 10 mg separated at least by two hours. Maximal daily dose of the drug is 30 mg. Do not open the blister beforehand. Do not swallow the tablet whole, do not chew it, use it as soon as you open the blister. Let the tablet dissolve slowly in your mouth. Never push the tablet through the foil.

Precautions
Inform your doctor if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. Inform your doctor if you have high cholesterol level, high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking history, family history of stroke, heart disease, obesity. Do not take more of the medication than recommended to you as you may make your headache even worse. Maxalt tablets may contain phenylalanine and should be used with cautiousness by the patients with phenylketonuria.

Contraindications
Maxalt cannot be administered to the patients with hypersensitivity to the drug and its components, in individuals treated with MAO inhibitors, those who have hypertension, coronary insufficiency, myocardial infarction, asymptomatic ischemia, Prinzmetal's angina, in cases of basilar and hemiplegic migraine. Adolescents under 18 years of age should not be treated by Maxalt.