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 of...

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Main Authors: Arnold, Amy C., Ramirez, Claudia E., Choi, Leena, Okamoto, Luis E., Gamboa, Alfredo, Diedrich, André, Raj, Satish R., Robertson, David, Biaggioni, Italo, Shibao, Cyndya A.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4109567/