ergots

But if OTCs don’t work, your doc may opt for a prescription-strength version of the same drug or may recommend a popular class of drugs called triptans, like sumatriptan or rizatriptan an older version of drugs called ergots are cheaper, but they’re not considered as effective and have more major side effects.

You Being Beautiful Michael F. Roizen 2008

But if OTCs don’t work, your doc may opt for a prescription-strength version of the same drug or may recommend a popular class of drugs called triptans, like sumatriptan or rizatriptan an older version of drugs called ergots are cheaper, but they’re not considered as effective and have more major side effects.

You Being Beautiful Michael F. Roizen 2008

One or many of these sclerotia aka "ergots" may be found in any given rye head, where their little black nubs can be seen poking out of the head.

Boing Boing Maggie Koerth-Baker 2011

Other drug categories used to treat pain include triptans, which mimic the action of the brain chemical serotonin; anti-nausea and related drugs; and ergots, which were used for decades before the more recent introduction of triptans.

Migraines: Options Prevent /Treat Pounding Pain | Impact Lab 2007

Or doctors can prescribe drugs known as the triptans or the ergots.

USATODAY.com - Help for migraines has arrived 2005

The horny productions comprise the horns, chestnuts, ergots, claws and hoofs.

Common Diseases of Farm Animals R. A. Craig

A peculiar characteristic of this condition is the state of the ergots and chestnuts.

Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks

We may define it as a chronic inflammatory condition of the keratogenous membrane, usually confined to that of the coronary cushion, the ergots and the chestnuts, but sometimes extending to that of the frog and the sole, characterized by a malsecretion of the affected membrane similar to that observed in canker.

Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks

One very curious feature about the case was the fact that all the callosities (ergots and chestnuts) seemed to participate in the morbid process, and they, too, were covered with a thin layer of soft cheesy horn.

Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks