Ergotamine: uses, dosing, side effects & brands
Ergotamine is a medicine sold in the U.S. under one brand. Below: what the FDA label says, every product that contains it, what the pills look like, and its recall record.
Key facts
- Available as
- Spray/Inhaler, metered
- Sold as
- Medihaler Ergotamine
- Prescription?
- Prescription only
- Generic available?
- Not in our catalog
Every ergotamine product we track (1)
Same active ingredient — different manufacturer, form, price and FDA recall record. That last one is what our independent score measures.
Only one: Medihaler Ergotamine.
What ergotamine pills look like
Imprint codes, colour and shape from the FDA’s labelling data. Match the imprint on your pill — or search any imprint.
| Imprint | Strength | Colour | Shape | Maker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LB2 | 2 mg | green | round | — |
Combination products containing ergotamine
A combination is a different drug — different dosing, different warnings. It is listed here so you can find it, not so you can substitute it.
How long ergotamine keeps
No ergotamine label we read sets a separate limit for after opening, but they do specify how it must be stored — and the stability behind any date assumes those conditions.
Does ergotamine expire? The in-use limits and storage rules from its labelsErgotamine and breastfeeding
From LactMed, the US National Library of Medicine’s Drugs and Lactation Database — quoted, not rewritten.
Full LactMed record for ergotamine: levels in milk, effects in breastfed infants, and the drugs it would consider insteadThere is limited published experience with ergotamine during breastfeeding and it might cause adverse effects in the infant and decrease milk supply. Most authorities consider ergotamine to be contraindicated during nursing.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, record revised July 15, 2023. LactMed states its information is not a substitute for professional judgement.
What people report to the FDA about ergotamine
The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) collects reports from patients and clinicians. It holds 214 reports naming ergotamine, and the FDA flagged 95% of those reports as serious. The effects reported most often — leaving out reports about overdose, misuse or the condition being treated, which dominate the raw list for common medicines:
- insomnia37 reports
- paraesthesia30 reports
- therapy partial responder26 reports
- ergot poisoning20 reports
- headache20 reports
- migraine18 reports
- pain in extremity17 reports
- pyrexia15 reports
Read these as a signal, not a rate. A report does not mean ergotamine caused the effect — anyone can file one, and many describe people taking several medicines for several conditions. Crucially there is no denominator: FAERS does not record how many people took the drug, so these counts cannot be turned into “X% of patients” — a bigger number often just means a more widely used or more talked-about drug. Duplicates exist, and publicity drives reporting. For what is actually established, read the FDA label section above.
Source: openFDA drug/event (FAERS), retrieved July 25, 2026.
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Frequently asked questions
Can you take ergotamine with other medicines?
It depends on the medicine. We check it against the FDA labels rather than guessing: our interaction checker searches each drug's own label for the other and quotes what it says, naming the section it came from. Run ergotamine against whatever else you take — and remember that a label not naming a drug is not the same as that combination being safe.
What forms does ergotamine come in?
Across the brands we track, ergotamine is currently marketed as spray/inhaler, metered, per the FDA's National Drug Code Directory. Each form is dosed differently — follow the label for the exact product you were prescribed.
Is there a generic ergotamine?
We do not currently list a generic-labelled ergotamine product. That does not always mean none exists — it means none appears under a generic name in the FDA data we track. Ask your pharmacist.
Cite this page
- APA
- pharmaranks. (2026, July 24). Ergotamine: uses, dosing, side effects & brands. https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/ergotamine
- MLA
- “Ergotamine: uses, dosing, side effects & brands.” pharmaranks, 24 July 2026, https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/ergotamine.
We summarise public FDA and NIH sources — for a clinical claim, cite the primary source we link to as well.
Sources: FDA openFDA drug label, National Drug Code Directory, and Enforcement (recall) database. This page reproduces public FDA data and is not medical advice. Dosing is set by your prescriber.
Read the full FDA label for ergotamine on DailyMed (NIH) ↗.