Who Should Not Take Sumatriptan?
- Are allergic to Imitrex, sumatriptan succinate, or any inactive components used to make sumatriptan. Your healthcare provider or pharmacist has a list of the inactive ingredients used to make sumatriptan.
- Have a history of angina, including stable angina, unstable angina, or variant angina (Prinzmetal's angina).
- Have a history of heart disease, heart attack, stroke, TIA, or ischemic bowel disease.
- Have untreated high blood pressure (hypertension).
- Have used an MAOI -- including phenelzine (Nardil), tranylcypromine (Parnate), or isocarboxazid (Marplan) -- within the last 14 days.
- 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 -- including bromocriptine (Parlodel®), dihydroergotamine (Migranal®), ergotamine (Bellamine-S®, Cafergot®, Ergomar®), and pergolide (Permax®) -- within the past 24 hours.
- Have taken another migraine medication similar to sumatriptan -- such as almotriptan (Axert®), eletriptan (Relpax®), frovatriptan (Frova®), naratriptan (Amerge®), rizatriptan (Maxalt®), or zolmitriptan (Zomig®) -- within that past 24 hours.
- Have severe liver problems, including liver failure or cirrhosis.
Sumatriptan Warnings and Precautions: Summary
There are several situations in which sumatriptan should not be taken, as well as a number of precautions and warnings people should be aware of with sumatriptan. However, it is possible that not all of the warnings or precautions for sumatriptan were discussed in this article. Therefore, you should talk with your healthcare provider about the precautions and warnings with sumatriptan that may apply to you.
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