Almotriptan Dosing and Treatment Guidelines

Dosing and Treatment Recommendations

• The American College of Physicians recommends that if patients use an adequate dose of an NSAID or acetaminophen and still do not have sufficient pain relief, then add a triptan (such as almotriptan) to an NSAID, or to acetaminophen when NSAIDs are contraindicated or not tolerated 2
• Patients should try almotriptan for 2-3 headache episodes before abandoning this therapy, as response can vary between attacks 1
• If inadequate response occurs after appropriate dosing, consider switching to another triptan (eletriptan, frovatriptan, naratriptan, rizatriptan, sumatriptan, or zolmitriptan) 2, 3

Treatment Frequency and Safety

• Limit acute migraine treatment to no more than twice per week to prevent medication-overuse headache 1