Amerge

Brand: AMERGE

Generic: NARATRIPTAN

AMERGE is a prescription medicine used to relieve your migraine. It is not used to prevent attacks or reduce the number of attacks you have. Use AMERGE only to treat an actual migraine attack.

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PATIENT INFORMATION

  Amerge Medication Guide (138.1 KiB, 30 hits)

SAFETY INFORMATION

►There is a RISK OF HEART ATTACK associated with AMERGE. Before taking AMERGE, tell your healthcare provider if you have risk factors for heart disease such as:

• high blood pressure
• high cholesterol
• being overweight
• diabetes
• smoking
• strong family history of heart disease
• you are postmenopausal
• you are a male over 40 years of age

►Important questions to ask yourself before you take AMERGE Tablets:

If the answer to any of the following questions is YES or if you do not know the answer, than talk with your healthcare provider before you take AMERGE Tablets.

• Are you pregnant? Do you think you might be pregnant? Are you trying to become pregnant? Are you not using adequate contraception? Are you breastfeeding?
• Do you have any chest pain, heart disease, shortness of breath, or irregular heartbeats? Have you had a heart attack?
• Do you have risk factors for heart disease?
• Have you had a stroke, a mini-stroke (also called a transient ischemic attack or TIA), or Raynaud syndrome?
• Do you have high blood pressure?
• Have you ever had to stop taking this or any other medicine because of an allergy or other problems?
• Are you taking any other migraine medicines, including other triptans such as IMITREX® (sumatriptan/sumatriptan succinate)? Are you taking any medicines containing ergotamine, dihydroergotamine, or methysergide?
• Are you taking any medicine for depression or other health problems such as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) or serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI)? Common SSRIs are citalopram HBr (CELEXA®), escitalopram oxalate (LEXAPRO®), paroxetine (PAXIL®), fluoxetine (PROZAC®/SARAFEM®), olanzapine/fluoxetine (SYMBYAX®), sertraline (ZOLOFT®), and fluvoxamine. Common SNRIs are duloxetine (CYMBALTA®) and venlafaxine (EFFEXOR®).
• Have you had, or do you have, any disease of the kidney or liver?
• Is this headache different from your usual migraine attacks?

Remember, if you answered YES to any of the above questions, then talk with your
healthcare provider about it.

►Do not take AMERGE if:

• you are nursing, pregnant, think you might be pregnant, are trying tobecome pregnant, or are not using adequate contraception unless you have talked with your healthcare provider about this.

POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS

►VERY RARE SIDE EFFECTS:

Serious cardiac events, including some that have been fatal, have occurred following the use of 5-HT1 agonists. These events are extremely rare and most have been reported in patients with risk factors predictive of CAD. Events reported have included coronary artery vasospasm, transient myocardial ischemia, myocardial infarction, ventricular tachycardia, and ventricular fibrillation.

►MOST COMMON SIDE EFFECTS:

• paresthesias
• dizziness
• drowsiness
• malaise/fatigue
• throat/neck symptoms

►STOP TAKING AMERGE IMMEDIATELY and call your doctor if you have:

• heart throbbing
• chest or throat pain or tightness
• hives
• shortness of breath
• skin rash
• skin lumps
• sudden or severe abdominal pain
• swelling of eyelids/face/lips
• wheezing
• confusion
• hallucinations
• feeling faint
• sweating
• muscle spasm
• difficulty walking
• diarrhea

Other side effects not listed above may also occur depending on the susceptibility of the patient.

INGREDIENTS

Active ingredient:

• naratriptan hydrochloride

Inactive ingredients:

• croscarmellose sodium; hypromellose; lactose; magnesium stearate; microcrystalline cellulose; triacetin; and titanium dioxide, iron oxide yellow and indigo carmine aluminum lake (FD&C Blue No. 2) ( for coloring.

DRUG INTERACTIONS

Tell your doctor about all prescription, over-the-counter, and herbal medications you are taking before beginning treatment with AMERGE. Also, talk to your doctor about your complete medical history, especially if you have heart, kidney, or liver problems, or if you have high blood pressure.

If AMERGE is taken with certain other drugs, the effects of either could be increased, decreased, or altered. It is especially important to check with your doctor before combining AMERGE with other migraine medicines or medicines for depression, including selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) or selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs).