Ergot alkaloids are a group of headache medicines that include dihydroergotamine (Migranal, Trudhesa, others) and ergotamine (Cafergot, Ergomar, Ergostat, others). These drugs are used only to ...
Ergot alkaloids were the first antimigraine drugs available. Dihydroergotamine (DHE) is an ergotamine analog (Figure 3). DHE is administered as a nasal spray form (Migranal®, Valeant ...