Zolmitriptan Tablets

• It is used to treat migraine headaches.

• If you have an allergy to zolmitriptan or any other part of this medicine (zolmitriptan tablets).
• If you are allergic to any drugs like this one, any other drugs, foods, or other substances. Tell your doctor about the allergy and what signs you had, like rash; hives; itching; shortness of breath; wheezing; cough; swelling of face, lips, tongue, or throat; or any other signs.
• If you have any of these health problems: High blood pressure or some types of migraine headaches like hemiplegic or basilar migraine.
• If you have liver disease.
• If you have ever had any of these health problems: Chest pain or pressure; diseased arteries going to the legs or arms; heart attack; heart disease; poor blood flow in the heart, brain, bowel, or kidney; stroke; or a heartbeat that is not normal like Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.
• If you have taken certain drugs used for low mood (depression) like isocarboxazid, phenelzine, or tranylcypromine or drugs used for Parkinson's disease like selegiline or rasagiline in the last 14 days. Taking this medicine within 14 days of those drugs can cause very bad high blood pressure.
• If you have taken almotriptan, eletriptan, frovatriptan, naratriptan, rizatriptan, or sumatriptan in the last 24 hours.
• If you have taken ergotamine, methysergide, dihydroergotamine, or any drug like them in the last 24 hours.
• If you are breast-feeding or plan to breast-feed.

This is not a list of all drugs or health problems that interact with this medicine (zolmitriptan tablets).

Tell your doctor and pharmacist about all of your drugs (prescription or OTC, natural products, vitamins) and health problems. You must check to make sure that it is safe for you to take this medicine with all of your drugs and health problems. Do not start, stop, or change the dose of any drug without checking with your doctor.

WARNING/CAUTION: Even though it may be rare, some people may have very bad and sometimes deadly side effects when taking a drug. Tell your doctor or get medical help right away if you have any of the following signs or symptoms that may be related to a very bad side effect:

• Signs of an allergic reaction, like rash; hives; itching; red, swollen, blistered, or peeling skin with or without fever; wheezing; tightness in the chest or throat; trouble breathing or talking; unusual hoarseness; or swelling of the mouth, face, lips, tongue, or throat.
• Very bad headache or if headache is not better after the first dose.
• Change in eyesight.
• Loss of eyesight. This can be long-lasting.
• Hard stools (constipation).
• Loose stools (diarrhea).
• Very upset stomach or throwing up.
• Very bad belly pain or bloody loose stools.
• Fever.
• Weight loss.
• Leg cramps.
• Feeling of heaviness or tightness in the leg muscles.
• Feeling cold.
• Burning or aching pain in the feet or toes.
• Shortness of breath.
• Mood changes.
• A burning or tingling feeling that is not normal.
• A very bad and sometimes deadly health problem called serotonin syndrome may happen. The risk may be greater if you take this medicine (zolmitriptan tablets) with drugs for depression, migraines, or certain other drugs. Call your doctor right away if you have agitation; change in balance; confusion; hallucinations; fever; fast or abnormal heartbeat; flushing; muscle twitching or stiffness; seizures; shivering or shaking; sweating a lot; very bad diarrhea, upset stomach, or throwing up; or very bad headache.
• Very bad and sometimes deadly heart problems like heart attack and a heartbeat that is not normal have rarely happened within a few hours of taking this medicine. Call your doctor right away if you have chest, throat, neck, or jaw tightness, pain, pressure, or heaviness; break out in a cold sweat; shortness of breath; a fast heartbeat; a heartbeat that does not feel normal; or very bad dizziness or passing out.
• Very bad and sometimes deadly brain blood vessel problems like stroke have rarely happened with this medicine (zolmitriptan tablets). Call your doctor right away if you have a change in strength on 1 side is greater than the other, trouble speaking or thinking, change in balance, or change in eyesight.

If you think there has been an overdose, call your poison control center or get medical care right away. Be ready to tell or show what was taken, how much, and when it happened.