• Patient Product Information
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• For Health Care Providers

Find out what to share—and ways to share—information with your health care provider.

Partner With Your Health Care Provider

The most important step in your search for effective relief is to help your health care provider understand you and your condition.

• Don't be shy about sharing information
• Tell your health care provider about the location and character of your pain and about any additional symptoms—like whether or not you get nausea
• Make sure to discuss the impact that migraine has on your life and on the people around you

This information can help your health care provider make better decisions about your treatment.

So consider scheduling an appointment with your health care provider to specifically discuss your migraine headaches. The more information you provide, the more your health care provider will understand how migraine is affecting you and how well you think your migraine treatment is working.

Speak up

Work with your health care provider to find the right migraine medications for you. Talk to your health care provider about migraine treatments that offer:

• Effective pain relief
• Relief of associated symptoms
• Orally dissolving tablets

Get the Discussion Guide

MAXALT is a prescription medicine for the treatment of migraine attacks in adults. Only your health care professional can determine if MAXALT is right for you.

Important Safety Information

• You should not take MAXALT if you have uncontrolled high blood pressure, heart disease or history of heart disease, or if you are taking or have taken MAO inhibitors within the last 2 weeks, or are taking certain other medications.
• Tell your doctor about all medications you are taking.
• Talk to your doctor about any history of chest pain, shortness of breath, or stroke.
• If you have risk factors for heart disease, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, obesity, smoking, are postmenopausal, or are a male over 40, you should be evaluated by your doctor before taking MAXALT.
• Do not take MAXALT if you are pregnant or nursing.
• As with other drugs in this class, there have been very rare reports of heart attack and stroke generally occurring in patients with risk factors for heart and blood vessel disease.
• In clinical studies with MAXALT, the most common side effects reported were dizziness, sleepiness, tiredness, fatigue, and pain or pressure sensation (eg, in the chest or throat). Ask your doctor to discuss with you the more complete list of side effects reported with MAXALT.

Phenylketonurics: MAXALT-MLT contains phenylalanine. Please read the Patient Product Information (PDF: 43KB, 6 pages).

You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.

Please read the Patient Product Information (PDF: 43KB, 6 pages) and discuss it with your doctor. The physician Prescribing Information (PDF: 112KB, 14 pages) is also listed.

Having trouble paying for your Merck medicine? Merck may be able to help. Visit www.merck.com/merckhelps.

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