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A 38-year-old man was admitted to Iwakuni National Hospital on July 6, 1978, with the complaints of difficulty seeing and walking. Two weeks before admission, he first experienced dizziness and it slowly progressed to uncontrollable tremor-like movements of the whole body. On admission, he was
The main clinical features, pathophysiology and underlying mechanisms of drug-induced parkinsonism are reviewed. The clinical manifestations of drug-induced parkinsonism are often indistinguishable from idiopathic Parkinson's disease. However, some subtle differences may exist: for example
Besides classical neuroleptics, several drugs can induce parkinsonian symptoms. The present retrospective study investigates the characteristics of drug-induced parkinsonism notified to the Midi-Pyrénées Pharmacovigilance Centre between 1983 and 1992. Among 3,923 side effects spontaneously reported
The rhizomes of Zingiber officinale Roscoe (Zingiberaceae), commonly known as ginger is an important kitchen spice and also possess a myriad health benefits. The rhizomes have been used since antiquity in the various traditional systems of medicine to treat arthritis, rheumatism, sprains, muscular
Platelet 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) is diminished during migraine headache and the injection of reserpine, which releases 5-HT from body stores, induces a typical headache in migrainous subjects. The intravenous injection of 5-HT relieves established migraine headache, but causes side-effects of