Precautions and Warnings With Rizatriptan (Cont.)

Who Should Not Take Rizatriptan?

• Are allergic to Maxalt, rizatriptan benzoate, or any of the inactive components used to make rizatriptan. Your healthcare provider or pharmacist has a list of the inactive ingredients used to make rizatriptan.
   
• Have a history of angina, including stable angina, unstable angina, or variant angina (Prinzmetal's angina).
   
• Have a history of heart disease or a heart attack.
   
• Have untreated high blood pressure (hypertension).
   
• Have hemiplegic or basilar migraines (rare types of migraines involving loss of feeling on one half of the body or pain at the back of the head).
   
• Have taken ergot medications within the past 24 hours. Some examples of ergot medications include:

• Bromocriptine (Parlodel^®)
• Dihydroergotamine (Migranal^®)
• Ergotamine (Bellamine S^®, Cafergot^®, Ergomar^®)
• Pergolide (Permax^®). 

• Have taken another triptan medication similar to rizatriptan within that past 24 hours. Some examples of other triptans include:

• Almotriptan (Axert^®)
• Eletriptan (Relpax^®)
• Frovatriptan (Frova^®)
• Naratriptan (Amerge^®)
• Sumatriptan (Imitrex^®)
• Zolmitriptan (Zomig^®). 

• Have taken a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) within the past two weeks. Some examples of MAOIs include:

• Isocarboxazid (Marplan^®)
• Phenelzine (Nardil^®)
• Rasagiline (Azilect^®)
• Selegiline (Eldepryl^®, Emsam^®, Zelapar^®)
• Tranylcypromine (Parnate^®).