Common use
Relpax is a headache medicine that narrows blood vessels around the brain. Eletriptan also reduces substances in the body that can trigger headache pain, nausea, sensitivity to light and sound, and other migraine symptoms. Relpax is used to treat migraine headaches with or without aura in adults. Relpax will only treat a headache that has already begun. It will not prevent headaches or reduce the number of attacks.
Dosage and direction
Take Relpax as soon as you notice migraine symptoms. After taking a tablet: If your headache does not completely go away, or goes away and comes back, take a second tablet 2 hours after the first. Do not take more than 80 mg of Relpax in 24 hours. If your symptoms have not improved, contact your doctor before taking any more tablets.
Precautions
To make sure this medicine is safe for you, tell your doctor if you have ever had: liver or renal disease; heart problems or stroke; or risk factors for coronary artery disease (such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, menopause, smoking, a family history of coronary artery disease, being overweight, or being older than 40 and a man).
Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known whether eletriptan will harm an unborn baby. It may not be safe to breastfeed while using Relpax. Ask your doctor about any risk.
Contraindications
You should not use Relpax if you are allergic to eletriptan, or if you have: heart problems, or a stroke (including "mini-stroke"); circulation problems affecting your legs, arms, stomach, intestines, or kidneys; a heart disorder called Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome; uncontrolled high blood pressure; or a headache that seems different from your usual migraine headaches.
Possible side effect
Common Relpax side effects may include: dizziness, drowsiness; nausea; or weakness, feeling tired.
Call your doctor at once if you have: fast, slow, or uneven heart rate; sudden severe stomach pain (especially after meals), constipation or diarrhea, weight loss; fever, diarrhea that is bloody; numbness, tingling, cold feeling or burning pain in your feet or toes; tightness or heavy feeling in your legs, pale or blue-colored appearance in your fingers or toes; severe headache, blurred vision, pounding in your neck or ears; or signs of a stroke.
Drug interaction
Do not take Relpax within 24 hours before or after using another migraine headache medicine, including: medicines like eletriptan - almotriptan, frovatriptan, naratriptan, rizatriptan, sumatriptan, zolmitriptan, and others; or ergot medicine - dihydroergotamine, ergotamine, ergonovine, methylergonovine.
Do not use Relpax within 72 hours before or after taking: clarithromycin, troleandomycin, itraconazole, ketoconazole, nefazodone, ritonavir, or nelfinavir.
Be sure your doctor knows if you also take stimulant medicine, opioid medicine, herbal products, or medicine for depression, mental illness, Parkinson's disease, migraine headaches, serious infections, or prevention of nausea and vomiting. These medicines may interact with eletriptan and cause a serious condition called serotonin syndrome.
Missed dose
Since Relpax is used as needed, it does not have a daily dosing schedule. Call your doctor promptly if your symptoms do not improve after using Relpax.
Overdose
Seek emergency medical attention or call your doctor.
Storage
Store at room temperature away from moisture and heat. Keep away from children.
