Chronic pain after methysergide: a new cause of ischemic monomelic neuropathy.
Chronic foot pain developed in a 43-year-old woman after taking methysergide, a potent vasoconstrictor. The etiology was believed to be ischemic monomelic neuropathy, which results from the compromise of blood flow to an extremity. The patient eventually required a surgical sympathectomy after lumbar sympathetic blocks failed to provide permanent relief.
Antognini
J F
JF
Department of Anesthesiology, Davis, University of California, School of Medicine.
D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000294:innervation; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000139:chemically induced*; D008784:Methysergide / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*
D008784:Methysergide