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Do you maintain an age cutoff for the use of triptans in healthy older patients without cardiovascular risk factors?

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Neurology · UPMC

I do not have an age cutoff for the use of triptans in older patients.

I do not perform routine screening for coronary artery disease in aging patients already on triptan therapy.

I do recommend 5HT1f agonist or CGRP antagonist over triptans if they have documented CAD, peripheral vascular disease o...

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