Naratriptan (Amerge)

Description

Naratriptan is a medication that’s designed to help people who suffer from serious headaches. It’s not to be confused with any sort of over the counter medication, it’s much stronger and much more effective. The works by narrowing blood vessels around the brain. It’s not made to be a cure for such problems, but it does help to reduce certain substances in the body that usually lead to a person having a serious headache to begin with. In addition to this, it helps people who suffer from problems such as sensitivity to light and sound as well as anyone who has migraine symptoms.

Can the medication be used as a preventative option?

Someone who uses Naratriptan will probably be someone who gets serious headaches on a consistent basis. When they get these types of headaches the idea of taking a medication still is hard, because they have to wait for it to work. People would much rather take someone in advance in order to keep away the problem overall, but you can’t use Naratriptan this way.

Naratriptan only works when someone already has a headache and it works quite well. It’s not designed to prevent headaches from coming on so taking it without having a headache will be useless. It also can’t lower the amount of headaches you might get moving forward.

Is there any sort of headache that this medicational treatment shouldn’t be used for?

Even though Naratriptan works well to treat headaches, the type of headache you get is going to be important for knowing when to use this treatment and when not to use it. For instance, you don’t want to use Naratriptan if you get a common tension headache. You don’t want to use it for a headache that causes you to lose movement on one side of your body as well as any headache that seems to be way different from typical migraine headaches you might get.
Can you use this medication for migraine headaches even if you aren’t sure of the problem?

Naratriptan works only if the type of headache you’re suffering from is a migraine, a common one. The best way to know this is to get looked at by a doctor who will want to look into just how consistently you have these types of headaches. They’ll ask about symptoms. Frequency, as well as habits you might engage in that bring them on. One example would be the person who consumes too much salt or doesn’t drink enough water. If the consistency is there and a non medicational option would work best, then Naratriptan might be prescribed to you.

What are some of the serious potential side affects you might experience as a result of using this medication?

Allergic Reactions-Symptoms would include a hard time breathing, hives, swelling of the face, lips, tongue and throat.
Fast or pounding heartbeats
Numbness or tingling and a pale or blue-colored appearance in your fingers or toes
Pain or heavy feeling in your legs, hip pain, burning pain in your feet
Sudden and severe stomach pain, bloody diarrhea, constipation, fever, weight loss
Dangerously high blood pressure–severe headache, blurred vision, pounding in your neck or ears, nosebleed, anxiety, confusion, severe chest pain, shortness of breath, irregular heartbeats, seizure;
Heart attack symptoms–chest pain or pressure, pain spreading to your jaw or shoulder, nausea, sweating
Signs of a stroke–sudden numbness or weakness (especially on one side of the body), sudden severe headache, slurred speech, problems with vision or balance

What are some of the more common side affects you might face if you use Naratriptan?

Dizziness, drowsiness
Feeling weak or tired
Numbness or tingling
Flushing (warmth, redness, or tingly feeling)
Nausea
Pain or tightness in your jaw, neck, or throat

Naratriptan is an effective solution for migraine headache sufferers, but this doesn’t mean that the core causes of such headaches shouldn’t be looked at and addressed.