title: Treatment of autonomic neuropathy with a somatostatin analogue SMS-201-995.
abstract: Eight patients with postprandial hypotension and orthostatic hypotension were treated with the somatostatin analogue SMS-201-995. Low doses of this drug (0.2-0.4 microgram/kg) raised the blood pressure after breakfast in all six patients with postprandial hypotension. 60 min after breakfast the mean sitting blood pressure was 35 +/- 10 (SEM) mm Hg higher after administration of SMS-201-995 0.4 microgram/kg than after placebo (p less than 0.001). Larger doses (up to 1.6 micrograms/kg) raised upright blood pressure during the postprandial period in five of seven patients. Before therapy three patients were unable to stand after eating; after an injection of SMS-201-995 0.8 microgram/kg at the beginning of breakfast they were able to walk for 35-100 min. The duration of therapeutic effect of each injection was 3-6 h. Treatment was followed by abdominal cramps and nausea in two patients with gastroparesis diabeticorum. SMS-201-995 holds promise as a treatment for postprandial hypotension and orthostatic hypotension.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002110:Caffeine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000139:chemically induced; D007022:Hypotension / Q000188:drug therapy; D007024:Hypotension, Orthostatic / Q000517:prevention & control; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007329:Insulin Antagonists / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015282:Octreotide; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D007329:Insulin Antagonists; D002110:Caffeine; D013004:Somatostatin; D015282:Octreotide; D007213:Indomethacin