Sodium nitroprusside treatment in erythromelalgia.
The symptoms of two children with erythromelalgia were relieved promptly by the intravenous administration of sodium nitroprusside (1-5 micrograms/kg/min). The elevated blood pressure of one of them was also easily controlled with this drug and did not recur during the follow-up period. Taken together with our previous experience, we believe sodium nitroprusside administration to be a treatment of choice for erythromelalgia, in which the constant pain and burning sensation make the patient extremely restless.
D000293:Adolescent; D004916:Erythromelalgia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D005292:Ferricyanides / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy; D007223:Infant; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D005292:Ferricyanides; D009599:Nitroprusside