Safety of triptans for migraine headaches during pregnancy and breastfeeding

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 537-539

  Duong, Silvia ^a   Bozzo, Pina ^c   Nordeng, Hedvig ^b   Einarson, Adrienne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALMOTRIPTAN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ELETRIPTAN; NARATRIPTAN; PARACETAMOL; RIZATRIPTAN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; SUMATRIPTAN; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE; ZOLMITRIPTAN;

BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SAFETY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MASSAGE; MIGRAINE; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; PLASMA HALF LIFE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; RISK; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SLEEP; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TERATOGENICITY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; UTERINE ATONY; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PIPERIDINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; SEROTONIN 5-HT1 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; SUMATRIPTAN; TRYPTAMINES;

EID: 77953775590     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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