III. Dosing

  1. Parenteral
    1. Initial: 1 mg SC/IM/IV over 3-4 minutes
    2. Repeat: May repeat every 1 hour
    3. Maximum: 3 mg/day, 6 mg/week, 20 mg/month
  2. Intranasal Dihydroergotamine (Migranal)

IV. Advantages

  1. Weaker Vasoconstrictor (less Side Effects)
  2. No Rebound Headache

V. Adverse Effects

  1. Retroperitoneal fibrosis

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dihydroergotamine (on 9/21/2022 at Medicaid.Gov Survey of pharmacy drug pricing)
DIHYDROERGOTAMINE MESYLATE 4 MG/ML NASAL SPRAY Generic $147.05 per ml