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FDA Approves Topamax for Migraine Prevention in Adolescents

March 28, 2014 – Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Topamax (topiramate) for prevention (prophylaxis) of migraine headaches in adolescents ages 12 to 17. This is the first FDA...

FDA Medwatch Alert: Valproate Anti-Seizure Products: Drug Safety Communication - Contraindicated for Pregnant Women for Prevention of Migraine Headaches

Including valproate sodium (Depacon), divalproex sodium (Depakote, Depakote CP, and Depakote ER), valproic acid (Depakene and Stavzor), and their generics ISSUE: FDA is advising health care...

NuPathe's Zecuity Approved by the FDA for the Acute Treatment of Migraine

CONSHOHOCKEN, PA--(Marketwire - Jan 17, 2013) - NuPathe Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Zecuity (sumatriptan iontophoretic transdermal system) for...

FDA Approves Botox to Treat Chronic Migraine

SILVER SPRING, Md., Oct. 15 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Botox injection (onabotulinumtoxinA) to prevent headaches in adult patients with chronic migraine. Chronic migraine...

FDA Medwatch Alert: Ergotamine tartrate

[Posted 03/02/2007] FDA informed healthcare professionals and consumers that the Agency ordered twenty firms to stop marketing unapproved drug products containing ergotamine tartrate. Ergotamine...

FDA Medwatch Alert: 5-Hydroxytryptamine Receptor Agonists (Triptans) - Serotonin Syndrome

[Posted 07/19/2006] FDA notified healthcare professionals and consumers of new safety information regarding taking medications used to treat migraine headaches (triptans) together with certain types...

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