Zolmitriptan for kids

Researchers reported this month on another study on children with migraine.  It was a meeting of the American Headache Society in Philadelphia, USA.  This particular study was on zolmitriptan nasal spray.

Dr Paul Winner’s team studied 248 children ages 12 to 17.  Within only an hour, 51% were able to resume their normal activities, and 28% were pain-free.  After 2 hours, 39% said they were pain-free.

These are very encouraging results, considering the fact that there are many triptan class drugs to chose from, and none of them work for everybody.  More studies will follow, as we try to understand how to treat the many children with migraine.  The American Headache Society estimates 8-12 million children in the USA alone suffer from migraine, a huge chunk of the population.