Battery-powered relief /

Series: Nursing 2014. 44 : 10, page 14 Publication details: October 2014.ISSN:

0360-4039

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Summary: 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.

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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.

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