Battery-powered relief /
Battery-powered relief /
- October 2014.
- Nursing 2014 44 : 10, page 14 .
A question and answer advisory regarding the management of a patient with a prescribed sumatriptan transdermal patch for migraine is presented. Among other things, FDA-approved for treating migraine headaches, the sumatriptan iontophoretic transdermal system (Zecuity) is a battery-powered patch indicated for acute treatment of migraine with or without an aura in adults. To use this drug delivery system, the patient applies a patch to dry, intact, nonirritated skin of the upper arm or thigh at the onset of migraine symptoms and presses a button to deliver a 6.5-mg dose of sumatriptan, which is absorbed through the skin over four hours.
Nursing
0360-4039
Patient safety.
Migraine.
Nursing care.
Transdermal medication.
A question and answer advisory regarding the management of a patient with a prescribed sumatriptan transdermal patch for migraine is presented. Among other things, FDA-approved for treating migraine headaches, the sumatriptan iontophoretic transdermal system (Zecuity) is a battery-powered patch indicated for acute treatment of migraine with or without an aura in adults. To use this drug delivery system, the patient applies a patch to dry, intact, nonirritated skin of the upper arm or thigh at the onset of migraine symptoms and presses a button to deliver a 6.5-mg dose of sumatriptan, which is absorbed through the skin over four hours.
Nursing
0360-4039
Patient safety.
Migraine.
Nursing care.
Transdermal medication.