Maxalt
Drug Name: Maxalt
Drug ID: 293
Nutritional Considerations
Food decreases absorption rate by one hour but does not interfere with total absorption.
- Facts and Comparisons, Clinisphere 2.0, Wolters Kluwer Company, 2000
- Pronsky, Z Food Medication Interactions, 11th edition, 1999.
Maxalt may interact with the nutritional supplement 5-HTP, the precursor molecule of serotonin.
- Cocks TM: Comparison of contractile responses to 5-hydroxytryptamine and sumatriptan in human isolated coronary artery: synergy with the thromboxane A2-receptor agonist, U46619. Br J Pharmacol, 1993 Sep, 110:1, 360-8.
Limit alcohol intake with Maxalt.
- Scott AK: Sumatriptan clinical pharmacokinetics. Clin Pharmacokinet, 1994 Nov, 27:5, 337-44.
- Pronsky, Z Food Medication Interactions, 11th edition, 1999
Herbal Considerations
Prolonged use of the following herbs: Black Hellebore, Buckthorn, Cascara sagrada, Chinese rhubarb, Frangula, Lily-of-the-Valley, Ma-Huang, and Strophanthus can cause arrythmias as a side effect and therefore, may potentiate the adverse reactions of Maxalt.
- PDR (Physician's Desk Reference) for Herbal Medicines. Second edition. Medical Economics Company. Montvale, NJ. 2000: 205, 259.
- Facts and Comparisons, Clinisphere 2.0, Wolters Kluwer Company, 2000
- Blumenthal, M (Ed.): The Complete German Commission E Monographs: Therapeutic Guide to Herbal Medicines. American Botanical Council. Austin, TX. 1998
Avoid using St. John's Wort with this drug. Concomitant use may enhance risk of adverse effects.
- Brandes JL, Edvinsson L, Marcus D, et al. New treatment options for migraine. Medscape Neurology Treatment Updates 2000.
- Lantz MS, Buchalter E, Giambanco V. St John's Wort and antidepressant drug interactions in the elderly. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 1999 Spring;12(1):7-10.
- Pronsky, Z Food Medication Interactions, 11th edition, 1999
NDC Codes
00006026602, 00006026606, 00006026674, 00006026702, 00006026706, 00006026774, 00006380006, 00006380102, 00006380106
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