Combination ergotamine and caffeine improves seated blood pressure and presyncopal symptoms in autonomic failure

Combination ergotamine and caffeine improves seated blood pressure and presyncopal symptoms in autonomic failure

Severely affected patients with autonomic failure require pressor agents to counteract the blood pressure fall and improve presyncopal symptoms upon standing. Previous studies suggest that combination ergotamine and caffeine may be effective in the treatment of autonomic failure, but the efficacy o...

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Main Authors: Amy C Arnold, Claudia E Ramirez, Leena eChoi, Luis E Okamoto, Alfredo eGamboa, André eDiedrich, Satish R Raj, David eRobertson, Italo eBiaggioni, Cyndya Adriana Shibao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
Subjects:
Caffeine
Ergotamine
autonomic failure
orthostatic hypotension
pressor agent
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2014.00270/full

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