Dosage: How should you take Imitrex?

Generic Imitrex should be taken as soon as your symptoms appear, but may be used at any time during an attack.

Generic Imitrex is available in three forms: injection, tablets, and nasal spray.

Generic Imitrex injection is administered just below the skin with an autoinjector (self-injection device). Choose a site where the skin is thick enough to take the full length of the needle (1/4 inch). Avoid injecting Generic Imitrex into a muscle or a vein. Your doctor should instruct you on how to use the autoinjector and how to dispose of the empty syringes. You should also read the instruction pamphlet that comes with the medication. You can take a second injection if your headache returns.However, never take more than 2 Generic Imitrex injections within 24 hours, and be sure to wait 1 hour between doses of Generic Imitrex

Generic Imitrex tablets should be swallowed whole, with liquid. If you have had no relief 2 hours after taking Generic Imitrex Tablets, you may take a second dose of up to 100 milligrams, if your doctor advises it. If the headache returns, you may take additional doses of Generic Imitrex at intervals of at least 2 hours. You should not take more than 300 milligrams in one day. If your headache returns after you have had an Generic Imitrex Injection, you may take single Generic Imitrex Tablets, at intervals of at least 2 hours, up to a maximum of 200 milligrams in a day.

Generic Imitrex nasal spray is packaged in single-dose bottles containing either 5 or 20 milligrams of the drug. The usual Generic Imitrex dosage is a single spray in one nostril. If the headache returns, you may repeat the Generic Imitrex dose once after 2 hours. Do not take more than 40 milligrams a day.

Generic Imitrex dosage for adults:

• Generic Imitrex injection: The maximum single recommended Generic Imitrex dose for an adult is 6 milligrams injected under the skin. The maximum recommended Generic Imitrex dose that may be given within 24 hours is two 6 milligram injections taken at least 1 hour apart.
  
• Generic Imitrex tablet: The usual Generic Imitrex dose for an adult is 25, 50 or 100 milligram tablet taken with water or other liquid. The most you should take at one time is 100 milligrams, and the most you should take in 1 day is 200 milligrams. Generic Imitrex doses should be spaced at least 2 hours apart. If you have liver disease, you should not take more than 50 milligrams of Generic Imitrex Tablets at one time.
  
• Generic Imitrex nasal spray: The recommended adult dose ranges from 5 to 20 milligrams taken when the attack begins and repeated once, if necessary, 2 hours later. Generic Imitrex nasal spray doses are usually taken as a single spray in one nostril, but if a 10 milligram dose works best for you, you can take it as a 5 milligram spray in each nostril. Do not use more than 20 milligrams at a time, or take more than 40 milligrams a day.

Generic Imitrex Overdose: Any medication taken in excess can have serious consequences. If you suspect an overdose, seek medical attention immediately.

Symptoms of Generic Imitrex overdose May include: Bluish tinge to the skin, convulsions, dilated pupils, inactivity, lack of coordination, paralysis, redness in the arms and legs, skin changes at the site of injection, slow breathing, sluggishness, tremor.

If you miss a dose of Generic Imitrex: Generic Imitrex is not for regular use. Take it only during an attack.

Storage instructions for Generic Imitrex: Store Generic Imitrex away from heat and light, at room temperature, in the case provided. If your medication has expired (the expiration date is printed on the treatment pack), throw it away as instructed, but keep the autoinjector. If your doctor decides to stop your treatment, do not keep any leftover medicine unless your doctor tells you to. Throw away your medicine as instructed.

Preparations of Generic Imitrex: The medication can be administered orally or by injection.

• Tablets: Generic Imitrex 25 mg, Generic Imitrex 50 mg, Generic Imitrex 100 mg
• Injection: 6 mg
• Nasal Spray: 20 mg