Gastric acidity and levodopa in Parkinsonism.
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Drug failure in reducing pressor effect of isometric handgrip stress test in hypertension.
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Levodopa therapy of patients with Parkinsonism and heart disease.
Forty patients with Parkinsonism and heart disease were studied before and during the administration of levodopa. Patients with increasing angina, myocardial infarction within the previous year, pre-existing severe postural hypotension, or transient cerebral ischaemia were excluded. Thirty-eight patients showed no adverse effects; angina improved in one patient but later worsened; one patient died of myocardial infarction after a severe gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Therapy with levodopa appears to pose little increased hazard to patients with most forms of heart disease. Inpatient monitoring is recommended at the beginning of therapy, and antiarrhythmic agents should be used when required.
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Crossover clinical trial of benapryzine and trihexyphenidyl in Parkinsonian patients.
A crossover clinical trial of benapryzine and trihexyphenidyl in ten parkinsonian patients during a four-month study is described. The improvement from initial disability ranged from 29.5 to 64.4 per cent for benapryzine and from 27.2 to 64.9 per cent for trihexyphenidyl. The effect of benapryzine and trihexyphenidyl on most parkinsonian symptoms did not differ significantly. Patients taking benapryzine had significantly fewer of the common side effects of trihexyphenidyl but more sialorrhea. It is uncertain whether benapryzine is superior to trihexylphenidyl in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
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