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Abuse of ergotamine can release a generalised brain edema and brain infarctions. This can be visualized by CT, MR and angiography. The reason, however, can only be found in the patients history.
BACKGROUND
Postulated mechanism of migraine headache is a result of vascular spasm (primary) and dilatation with edema of the perivascular space (secondary). Thus we use drugs not the only during acute phase of headache but in prevention, also. Drugs containing ergotamine are well known and were
Three classes of drugs were found, after their i.p. administration, to inhibit Paf-acether-induced edema of the rat's paw. These were beta-adrenergic agonists (isoproterenol, salbutamol), alpha-adrenergic antagonists (prazosin, ergotamine, yohimbine, phenoxybenzamine), and calcium entry blockers
This is the first reported case of acute anterior tibial compartment syndrome following ergotamine tartrate overdosage. A 25-year-old man developed signs and symptoms of ergotism after ingestion of 72 mg of ergotamine tartrate over the 12 days prior to his hospital admission. On the fourth hospital
A 20-year-old woman developed severe orthostatic hypotension after attempting suicide by ingesting the rodenticide, Vacor. Oral ergotamine tartrate, 6 mg a day, was useful in treating the orthostatic hypotension. However, a bilateral toxic retinal vasculopathy, consisting of a severe generalized
Ergotamine toxicity has become a rare condition which can be caused by, among others, drug-drug interaction. In this work we report a case with vasospastic ischemia induced by the wrongful combination of ergotamine with recently started Antiretroviral Therapy. Clinicians were not aware that patient
An 11-year-old girl presented with headache of 3 months' duration. There was bilateral disc edema. The cerebrospinal fluid pressure was 50 cm of water with normal cerebrospinal fluid cytology and biochemistry. She developed severe headache (different and disabling), dizziness, vomiting, and backache
The effect of a fractional epidural blockade on acute pancreatitis was investigated in a prospective study. PATIENTS AND METHODS. Thoracic (20 patients) or lumbar (six patients) epidural blockade was carried out in 26 patients with severe abdominal conditions comprising sub-ileus in 100%, pancreatic
Sporadic and familial hemiplegic migraines (SHM and FHM) are rare paroxysmal disorders characterized by motor aura and headache. The distinction is based on whether other family members are affected. The majority of FHM families have a mutation in one of the ion channels CACNA1A, ATP1A2 and SCN1A.
A 50-year-old woman with migraine was admitted to hospital shortly after having abruptly developed hemiparesis. CT scan revealed infarction in the territory of the right middle cerebral artery. Death ensued after three days due to cerebral edema with herniation. Autopsy revealed no pathologic
BACKGROUND
Drug-induced pancreatitis is much more common in children than in adults. Many drug have been implicated in its pathogenesis. Among the neuropsychiatric drugs only valproic acid, carbamazepine, clozapine and ergotamine have been reported. Phenytoin is commonly used for the treatment of
A milestone in migraine (M) treatment was the discovery of the dramatic analgesic action of a nonanalgesic drug, ergotamine. The second step consisted in the identification of the prophylactic power of serotonin antagonists, particularly methysergide, in support of the serotonin theory of M. A
Poisoning of domestic animals happens frequently in the southeast of Buenos Aires Province (Argentina). Intoxications are produced mainly by the ingestion of plants and mycotoxins, but animals are rarely affected simultaneously by both types of agents. One herd of pigs suffered simultaneous