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Sumatriptan vs Triptan - What's the difference?

sumatriptan | triptan | Derived terms |

Triptan is a derived term of sumatriptan.

Triptan is a hypernym of sumatriptan.



As nouns the difference between sumatriptan and triptan

is that sumatriptan is a drug used for the treatment of migraine headaches while triptan is any of a family of tryptamine-based drugs used as abortive medication in the treatment of migraine and cluster headaches.

sumatriptan

English

Noun

(-)
  • A drug used for the treatment of migraine headaches.

    • Hypernyms

    * triptan * tryptamine * indole

    See also

    * (wikipedia "sumatriptan")

    triptan

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia triptan)
  • Any of a family of tryptamine-based drugs used as abortive medication in the treatment of migraine and cluster headaches.

    • Derived terms

    * almotriptan * eletriptan * frovatriptan * naratriptan * rizatriptan * sumatriptan * zolmitriptan