Dimetapp Long Acting Cough Plus Cold and Ergotamine Tartrate

• Generic Name: chlorpheniramine / dextromethorphan
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names:

  Children's NyQuil Cold & Cough, Coricidin HBP Cough & Cold, Dimetapp Long Acting Cough Plus Cold, Robitussin Pediatric Cough & Cold Long-Acting, Scot-Tussin Sugar Free DM, Triaminic Cough & Runny Nose, Effective Strength Cough Syrup, Primatuss 4, Coricidin HBP Cough and Cold, Tricodene Sugar Free, Triaminic Night Time Cough & Runny Nose, Triaminic Cough & Runny Nose Softchews, Robitussin Cough & Cold Long-Acting, Cough & Cold, Coricidin HBP Cough/Cold, QC Cough/Cold, Scot-Tussin DM, Tricodene SF

Chlorpheniramine is an antihistamine. Dextromethorphan is a cough suppressant.

Dimetapp Long Acting Cough Plus Cold is a combination medicine used to treat sneezing, runny nose, and cough caused by the common cold.

Dimetapp Long Acting Cough Plus Cold may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.

• Generic Name: ergotamine
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Ergomar

Prevention or abortion of vascular headaches (e.g., migraine, cluster headaches), when used alone or in fixed combination with caffeine. Should not be used for chronic daily management of vascular headaches.

Generally not preferred for terminating acute cluster headaches; onset of action is slower than that of other therapies (e.g., sumatriptan, oxygen).

Has been used for short-term (e.g., up to 3 weeks) prophylaxis of episodic cluster headaches to suppress a series of attacks and reduce duration of cluster period. Prophylactic administration at bedtime may be particularly useful in selected patients with nocturnal cluster attacks.

Ineffective in the treatment of muscle contraction headaches.