Successful treatment of ergotamine poisoning with sodium nitroprusside.
A case of ergotamine overdosage which produced vascular insufficiency in a 26-year-old female is described. She was treated successfully with the intravenous infusions of sodium nitroprusside and low molecular weight dextran, and anticoagulation with heparin. It is suggested that sodium nitroprusside may represent the drug of first choice in this condition.
D000328:Adult; D003911:Dextrans / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004878:Ergotamine / Q000506:poisoning*; D005260:Female; D005292:Ferricyanides / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006493:Heparin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D003911:Dextrans; D005292:Ferricyanides; D009599:Nitroprusside; D006493:Heparin; D004878:Ergotamine