RIZATRIPTAN ACT rizatriptan (as benzoate) 5 mg orodispersible tablet blister pack

Summary of Product characteristics

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AUSTRALIAN PRODUCT INFORMATION –
RIZATRIPTAN ACT (RIZATRIPTAN BENZOATE)
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NAME OF THE MEDICINE
Rizatriptan benzoate.
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QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Each orodispersible tablet contains 7.265 of rizatriptan benzoate
(corresponding to 5 mg of
rizatriptan, respectively).
Ingredients with known effects: aspartame.
For the full list of excipients, see Section 6.1 List of Excipients.
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PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
5 mg orodispersible tablet - White, round, flat, bevel-edged tablet
embossed with “IZ 5” on one
side and plain on the other side.
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CLINICAL PARTICULARS
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THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
RIZATRIPTAN ACT is indicated for the acute treatment of migraine
attacks with or without
aura.
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DOSE AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
The recommended dose is 10 mg. Clinical experience has shown that this
dose provides the
optimal clinical benefit.
Onset of relief (i.e., reduction of headache pain to mild or none) can
occur within 30 minutes
after dosing.
_Re-dosing: _Doses should be separated by at least 2 hours; no more
than 30 mg should be
taken in any 24-hour period.
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_for headache recurrence within 24 hours: _If headache returns after
relief of the initial
attack, further doses may be taken. The above dosing limits should be
observed.
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_after non-response: _The effectiveness of a second dose for treatment
of the same
attack, when an initial dose is ineffective, has not been examined in
controlled trials.
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Clinical studies have shown that patients who do not respond to
treatment of an
attack are still likely to respond to treatment for subsequent
attacks.
_Patients receiving propranolol: _Plasma concentrations of rizatriptan
may be increased by
concomitant administration of propranolol (see Section 4.5
Interactions with Other Medicines
and Other Forms of Interactions_). _The 10 mg dose is not appropriate
for these patients. The
physician should consider alternative therapies for these patients,
for example, other 5-
HT
1B/1D
agonists that do not have this drug interaction.
RIZATRIPTAN ACT is a rapidly dissolvi
                                
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