[Treatment of uremic sympathicopathy with levodopa].
Two patients with chronic uremia suffering from postural hypotension and hypotensive episodes during hemodialysis have been successfully treated with L-DOPA. In one patient the autonomic insufficiency and the beneficial effect of L-DOPA has been demonstrated by tests of the autonomic nervous system. The action of L-DOPA remains unclear. It is possible that the administration of L-DOPA results in increased synthesis of norepinephrine.
D000328:Adult; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System; D006801:Humans; D007022:Hypotension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D007980:Levodopa / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D011187:Posture; D014511:Uremia / Q000150:complications*
D007980:Levodopa
Therapie der urämischen Sympathikopathie mit L-DOPA.