Generics
Pizotifen
Used For
Migrain
Side Effects
• Increased appetite, weight increase • drowsiness or a strong desire to sleep • fatigue (tiredness)• dizziness• nausea (feeling sick) • dry mouth • Depression • Restlessness (particularly in children) • difficutly sleeping (insomnia) • anxiety • aggression • agitation • hallucinations (seeing, feeling and hearing things that are not there) • ‘Pins and needles’ or a sensation of tingling and prickling of skin • Muscle and joint pain.
Drug Interactions
• Sleeping tablets • Sedatives (medicines for anxiety and sleeping problems) • Antihistamines, including cold and hayfever remedies.
Indication
It is used to prevent migraine-type headaches, including cluster headaches, common and classical migraine.





