What are the side effects of migraine drugs?
Common side effects of preventive drugs are sleep and memory problems, depression, fatigue, dizziness, rapid heart rate, and sometimes sexual performance problems. You should not take certain migraine drugs if you have heart disease or other heart problems or uncontrolled high blood pressure. If you have other health conditions, be sure to talk with your doctor first before taking a migraine drug. Because many people who have migraines also have depression, taking prescription medicines for both problems is common. In very rare cases, when a triptan such as sumatriptan (Imitrex) for migraines is taken with an SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) or SNRI (selective serotonin/norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor) such as fluoxetine (Prozac) or duloxetine (Cymbalta) for depression, these medicines can cause a very rare but serious condition called serotonin syndrome. But most people take these two types of medicines together and have no problems. If you are worried about serotonin s
