How To Use Imitrex Nasal Spray

Do not take imitrex sumatriptan nasal spray by mouth.

How to use imitrex nasal spray. Blow your nose before use. Hold the device upright between your thumb and first 2 fingers. Keep out of your mouth and eyes may burn. Avoid spraying into your eyes. After administration rinse the tip of the bottle with hot water taking care not to suck water into the bottle and dry with a clean tissue.

Use imitrex sumatriptan nasal spray as early as you can after the attack has started. Imitrex nasal spray solution and generic equivalents. Gently blow your nose before using this medication. Instruct patient on proper administration technique. 2 dosage and administration.

Greg abbas of advanced ent and allergy discusses the proper technique for the use of nasal spray. The use of imitrex nasal spray is contraindicated in patients with cad and those with prinzmetal s variant angina. To use the nasal spray. Imitrex nasal spray warnings precautions. Gently blow your nose to clear the nostrils before you use this medicine.

Use in your nose only. Gently press one nostril to close it. The 20 mg dose may provide a greater effect than the 5 mg and 10 mg doses but may have a greater risk of adverse reactions see clinical studies 14. Use this medication at the first sign of a migraine as directed by your doctor usually 1 spray into one nostril. Sit down before use.

Cerebral hemorrhage subarachnoid hemorrhage and stroke have occurred in patients treated with 5 ht 1 agonists and some have resulted in fatalities. The 10 mg dose may be achieved by the administration of a single 5 mg dose in each nostril. If the migraine has not resolved by 2 hours after taking sumatriptan nasal spray or returns after a transient improvement 1 additional dose may be administered at least 2 hours after the first dose. Insert half of the spray nozzle into the open nostril and angle outward. Tilt your head back slightly.