Almotriptan is a drug that belongs to the triptan family. It is an antimigraine drug that reduces the headache that occurs in migraines. This effect is achieved by the capacity it has to constrict blood vessels in the brain.
What is migraine?
Migraine is a type of headache that is quite common. In many cases, a migraine manifests itself with symptoms other than a headache. These symptoms include nausea, vomiting, or hypersensitivity to light and sound. Currently, more than 12% of the population is affected by migraine.
Types of migraine
Basically, migraines can be of two types; with aura and without aura.
Migraine with aura
The aura is the set of symptoms that originate in the brain and appear at the beginning of migraines. We can say that the symptoms of the aura are the warning of the beginning of the headache.
In general, the most common is that the aura appears 10 to 15 minutes before the onset of the headache. The aura lasts for a scant hour. Among the most characteristic symptoms of a migraine with aura, are the following:
Vision disturbances .
Temporary blindness
Appearance of stars or flashes, which can be colored.
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