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Any of a class of drugs that act as agonists of serotonin, result in cranial vasoconstriction, and are used for the prophylaxis and treatment of migraine headaches.

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eletriptan hydrobromide migraine migraine headache sumatriptan			The significantly increased risks remained after adjusting for gender, age, disability, triptan use, diabetes, smoking, hypertension, and high cholesterol. Target complications associated with migraine by Clinical Psychiatry News If a migraine can't be relieved by over-the-counter painkillers, your doctor can prescribe a triptan such as Sumatriptan, which can stop migraine attacks by raising the level of serotonin in the brain. Soothing ways to stem a headache; Dear Miriam by The Mirror (London, England) Triptan Medicines: Triptan medications are the next step in case painkillers do not help in reducing the migraine pain. Headaches and Migraines - Causes and Cures by Serge Dandelin / Health care industry community			triple-burner triple-dye treatment triple-heater triple-lumen catheter triple-lumen drain triple-marker screen triplegia triplet triplex triplicate prescription form triploid triploidy triploidy syndrome triplokoria triplopia triplumbic tetroxide tripod tripod fracture tripod sign tripodial symmelia tripoding tripodism triprolidine triprolidine HCl tripsis triptan Tripterygium wilfordii Triptizol triptorelin triptorelin pamoate tripus triquetrum triradiate cartilage triradius Triraphis mollis TRIS tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate tris- trisaccharide trisalicylate triscadecaphobia Trisetum flavescens trismus trisomy trisomy 13 trisomy 18 trisomy 21 trisomy 21 syndrome trisomy 22 trisomy 8 trisomy C syndrome			Trippy TRIPR TRIPRA triprene Triprolidine triprolidine HCl Triprolidine Hydrochloride Tripropylene Glycol Methyl Ether triprotic acid trips trips trips trips trips Trips for Kids Trips for Older Females and Fellows trips the light fantastic trips the light fantastic trips the light fantastic trips up trips up trips up Trips, Slips and Falls Tripsis Tripsis Triptafan Triptafan Triptafan Triptamine Triptamine triptan triptane triptane Triptans Triptaphan Triptaphan Triptaphan Tripte P tripteral tripterous Tripterygium Hypoglaucum Hutch Tripterygium wilfordii Tripterygium Wilfordii Hook F Tripthong Triptic Triptic Triptizol Triptofan Triptofan Triptofan Triptofen Triptofen Triptofen Triptolemos Triptolemos Triptolemus Triptolemus Triptophan Triptophan Triptophan Triptophane

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