Rizatriptan

Maxalt, Maxalt-MLT · Triptan

Generic
rizatriptan
Brands
Maxalt, Maxalt-MLT
Class
Triptan
Say it
rye-za-TRIP-tan

What technicians need to know

Acute migraine

Commonly mispronounced

"RIZ-uh-trip-tan"

The -triptan pattern

Rizatriptan ends in -triptan, which marks a triptan — used for migraine. Learning the suffix families turns roughly 200 separate drugs into about 20 patterns you can reason from. See all the families.

Other triptans

sumatriptan

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