Highlights of Prescribing Info
Tosymra's Indication
What is "The acute treatment of migraine with or without aura in adults"?
Children, adults with a history of stroke and patients that have taken almotiptan in the past 24 hrs
Who are people who should not take Tosymra?
10
What is one mg dose of Tosymra?
A 27 year old woman that has been taking sumatriptan since she was 19, is now in her 2nd trimester of pregnancy
Who should not take Tosymra?
10 or more days of Tosymra use per month
Who is someone that may experience medication use headache?
The three limitations of use for Tosymra
What are: 1. use only if a clear diagnosis of migraine is established, 2. not indicated for preventative treatment of migraine and 3. Not indicated for cluster headache
Units in one carton of Tosymra
What is 6?
13
What is the percent of patients that found relief in at 10 minutes?
An 18 year old male that is taking anti-depressants
Who should not be taking Tosymra?
Correct administration of Tosymra
What is 1. lightly blow nose 2. tilt head back slightly 3 plug one nostril 4. inset 1/2 into nose angle out 5. press firm ?
Tosymra's Maximum dose in 24 hours
What is 30 mg, separate dises by at least 1 hour?
Room temp
How to store Tosymra?
30 mg
What is the maximum daily dose of Tosymra?
A 47 year old female, that plays rugby and takes a daily vitamin.
Who is someone that may be a candidate for Tosymra?
Blink Pharmacy
Who is our parmacy partner?
Most common adverse reactions
What are: tingling, dizziness, vertigo, warm/hot sensation, burning, heaviness, pressure sensation, flushing, tightness and numbness.
also applications site reactions, dysgeusia and throat irritation?
Testing or priming a dose of Tosymra
What should a patient not do before administration of a dose of Tosymra?
57
What is the percent of patients that found relief at 2 hours?
A mother nursing mother
Who is someone that should wait to breastfeed for 12 hours after a dose of Tosymra?
4 mg injectable sumatriptan
What is medication is Tosymra bioequivalent to?
Three contraindications of Tosymra
What are: CAD, Wolf-Parkinson (coronary accessory conduction pathways disorders), history of stroke, Peripheral vascular disease, Ischemic bowel disease, uncontrolled hypertension, use of another triptan or ergot containing drug in 24 hrs, use of MOAI in past 2 weeks, hypersensitivity to sumatriptan and hepatic impairment?
A patient that has risk factors for CAD, but have a negative cardiovascular evaluation
Who is someone that should have their first dose under medical supervision?
46
What is the percent of patients that reported local irritative symptoms in the open label study?
A patient that had an allergic reaction to sumatriptan 4 years ago
Who is someone that should not take Tosymra?
Sumatriptan
What is active ingredient of Tosmra?