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1Department of Internal Medicine, Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Temple University Program, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA. anjuarora27@hotmail.com
The Journal of Headache and Pain
|June 13, 2006
Abstract:
Triptans are specific agonists of the serotonergic 5-HT(1B/1D) receptors that have increasingly been used in the treatment of migraine and cluster headaches. Though they are generally considered safe, there have been a few reports of myocardial infarction and stroke associated with triptan use. We report a patient who developed spontaneous splenic infarction after the use of sumatriptan for the treatment of migraine headache.
