Medicine All India exam 7563a252

All of the following statements about treatment of migraine are true, except:

Narotriptan has slower onset and longer t1/2 than sumatriptan

Rizatriptan is more efficacious than sumatriptan

Sumatriptan is a selective 5-HT 1B/1D agonist

Sumatriptan is used for chronic migraine

High-Yield Explanation

Acute management of a migraine with 5HT1agonist Rizatriptan and eletriptan are the most efficacious of the triptans currently available Triptans are selective 5-HT1B/1D receptor agonists. Sumatriptan used in acute conditions, not for chronic. Ref - Harrison's internal medicine 20e pg 3098

All of the following statements about treatment of migraine are true, except:

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