Sumatriptan

Imitrex · Triptan

Generic
sumatriptan
Brand
Imitrex
Class
Triptan
Say it
soo-ma-TRIP-tan

What technicians need to know

Acute migraine

Commonly mispronounced

"SUE-mah-trip-tan"

The -triptan pattern

Sumatriptan 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

rizatriptan

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