Editing Triptan (section)

===Available forms===
All marketed triptans are available in [[oral administration|oral]] form; some in form of [[sublingual]] tablets.<ref name="AC">{{cite book|title=Austria-Codex|at=Zomig Rapimelt; Maxalt Rapitab|editor=Haberfeld, H|publisher=Österreichischer Apothekerverlag|location=Vienna|year=2016|language=de}}</ref> Sumatriptan and zolmitriptan are also available as [[nasal spray]]s.<ref name="AC" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gsksource.com/pharma/content/dam/GlaxoSmithKline/US/en/Prescribing_Information/Imitrex_Nasal_Spray/pdf/IMITREX-NASAL-SPRAY-PI-PIL.PDF|title=Imitrex Nasal Spray package insert|website=GlaxoSmithKline prescribing information|access-date=May 20, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905173656/https://www.gsksource.com/pharma/content/dam/GlaxoSmithKline/US/en/Prescribing_Information/Imitrex_Nasal_Spray/pdf/IMITREX-NASAL-SPRAY-PI-PIL.PDF|archive-date=September 5, 2015}}</ref> For sumatriptan, a number of other application forms are marketed: [[suppositories]], a subcutaneous injection,<ref name="AC" /> an [[iontophoretic]] transdermal patch, which uses low voltage controlled by a pre-programmed microchip to deliver a single dose of sumatriptan through the skin within 30 minutes;<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Pierce|first1=Mark|last2=Marbury|first2=Thomas|last3=O'Neill|first3=Carol|last4=Siegel|first4=Steven|last5=Du|first5=Wei|last6=Sebree|first6=Terri|date=2009-06-01|title=Zelrix: a novel transdermal formulation of sumatriptan|journal=Headache|volume=49|issue=6|pages=817–825|doi=10.1111/j.1526-4610.2009.01437.x|issn=1526-4610|pmid=19438727|doi-access=free}}</ref> a drug-device combination containing sumatriptan powder that is "breath powered" allowing the user to blow sumatriptan powder in to their nostrils;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pharmacytimes.com/news/onzetra-xsail-approved-as-migraine-treatment|title=Onzetra Xsail Approved as Migraine Treatment|date=February 3, 2016|website=pharmacytimes.com|access-date=October 1, 2019}}</ref> as well as a needle-free injection system that works with air pressure.<ref name="Zogenix" />
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|+Formulations<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gladstone|first=Jonathan|title=Newer formulations of the triptans: advances in migraine management|journal=Drugs|year=2003 |volume=63|issue=21 |pages=2285–2505|doi=10.2165/00003495-200363210-00002 |pmid=14524731 |s2cid=46971222 |via=2305}}</ref>
!Tablet
!Oral disintegrating tablets
!Nasal spray
!Subcutaneous injection
!Rectal suppository
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|all triptans
|rizatriptan
|sumatriptan
|sumatriptan
|sumatriptan
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|zolmitriptan
|zolmitriptan
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