Help Your Doctor Help You

The most important step in your search for effective relief is to help your healthcare professional understand you and your condition.

• Don’t be shy about sharing information.
• Tell your doctor about the location and character of your pain and about any additional symptoms.
• Make sure to discuss the impact that migraine has on your life and on the people around you. Is it keeping you from activities? Are you missing work?

This information can help your doctor make better decisions about your treatment.

Don't Wait. Ask About MAXALT

Get the Doctor Discussion Guide

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

Speak Up

Remember, it’s important to work with your doctor to find the right migraine medications for you. Talk to your doctor about migraine treatments that offer:

• Effective pain relief
• Relief of associated symptoms
• Convenient relief

Take Control

Hopefully, you now understand more about migraine and how important it is to work with your doctor to make sure that you are treating it effectively.

Before your next attack sends you back into a dark room, you and your doctor should talk about your condition and a treatment plan that may work for you.

Important Information About MAXALT

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

All prescription drugs can cause side effects. 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.

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 and discuss it with your doctor.
The physician Prescribing Information is also available.