Fernandez-Atutxa Alberto, Vergara Mercedes, Gil Montserrat, Dalmau Blai, Miquel Mireia, Sanchez-Delgado Jordi, Casas Meritxell
Servicio de Digestivo, Corporación Sanitaria Parc Taulí, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, España.
Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013 Apr;36(4):261-3. doi: 10.1016/j.gastrohep.2012.07.010. Epub 2012 Oct 16.
Triptans are a class of drugs with proven efficacy in the acute treatment of migraine headache. The first component of these drugs was sumatriptan, with various derivatives subsequently emerging. Until now, there has only been one reported case of liver toxicity with zolmitriptan. We now present a case of hepatotoxicity related to another drug in this group: rizatriptan.