The nurse is teaching a patient how to self-administer triptan injections for migraine headaches. Which statement by the patient indicates that he needs further teaching?

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Although they may be taken during aura symptoms by patients who have auras with their headaches, these drugs are not indicated for preventive migraine therapy. The medication is intended to relieve the migraine and not to prevent it or to reduce the number of attacks. The triptans do not reduce the number of migraines a person will have. Journal recordings of headaches and the patient's responses to the medication are helpful.

The Nurse Is Teaching a Patient How to Self-Administer Triptan