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USES: This medication is used to treat migraine and vascular headaches.
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Overview | Photos | How
To Use | Side
Effects | Precautions | Missed
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Sansert
Uses
This medication is used to treat migraine and vascular headaches. Notes
- Do not share this medication with others.
Storage
- Store at room temperature away from sunlight and moisture.
- Do not store in the bathroom.
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1) 7854 \x3d Sansert 2 mg |
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To Use - Take with food or milk to prevent stomach upset.
- Take this medication exactly as prescribed.
- Do not suddenly stop taking it without your doctor's approval as severe headaches can occur.
- It may take one to two days before the effects of this medication are noticed.
Side
Effects - May cause dizziness, drowsiness, stomach upset, heartburn, sleeplessness or flushing.
- These effects should disappear as your body adjusts to the medication.
- Notify your doctor if they persist or worsen.
- Notify your doctor if you experience chest pain, rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, painful urination or leg cramps.
- Also report numbness, pain, tingling or cold sensation of the hands or feet.
- This medication has a tendency to cause weight gain.
- If you notice other effects not listed above, contact your doctor or pharmacist.
Precautions
- Tell your doctor your medical history including heart, liver, lung or kidney disease, severe blood pressure problems, stomach/intestinal ulcers, arthritis, infections and any allergies Use caution performing activities requiring alertness, such as driving, if dizziness or drowsiness occur.
- Avoid alcohol while taking this medication as it will only make your headache worse.
- Smoking can aggravate headaches.
- Do not smoke.
- Methysergide should not be used during pregnancy.
- If you become pregnant or think you may be pregnant, inform your doctor immediately.
- It is not known if this drug is excreted into breast milk.
- However, drugs related to this one are excreted into breast milk and have been shown to have undesirable effects on the nursing infant.
- Thus, it is recommended either this drug or nursing be stopped.
- Consult your doctor before breast-feeding.
Missed
Dose - If you miss a dose, skip the missed dose and resume your usual dosing schedule.
- Do not "double-up" the dose to catch up.
Drug
Interactions - Tell your doctor of all prescription and nonprescription drugs you may use, especially of all migraine drugs, beta-blockers (e.g., atenolol, propranolol), macrolide antibiotics (e.g., erythromycin) SSRI antidepressants (e.g., fluoxetine, fluvoxamine) and of saquinavir.
- Do not start or stop any medicine without doctor or pharmacist approval.
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CONDITIONS
OF USE: The information in this database is intended to supplement, not substitute
for, the expertise and judgement of healthcare professionals. The information
is not intended to cover all possible uses, directions, precautions, drug interactions
or adverse effects, nor should it be construed to indicate that use of a particular
drug is safe, appropriate or effective for you or anyone else. A healthcare professional
should be consulted before taking any drug, changing any diet or commencing or
discontinuing any course of treatment. |