title: Octreotide effects on orthostatic hypotension in patients with multiple system atrophy: a controlled study of acute administration.
abstract: In nine patients with orthostatic hypotension due to multiple system atrophy, the effects of octreotide (100 micrograms s.c.), a somatostatin analogue, on blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR), and norepinephrine (NE) plasma levels after 60 degrees head up tilt test were evaluated by a randomly controlled study. Octreotide increased supine BP, tilt-test duration (+28%), and delay to obtain minimal BP during the 60 degrees head up tilt (+50%). Octreotide changed neither HR nor NE plasma levels.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurologie A, CHU, Centre Hospítalier Universitaire, Lille, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bordet
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Benhadjali
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Destée
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Belabbas
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Libersa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007024:Hypotension, Orthostatic / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015282:Octreotide / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D015282:Octreotide