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Published Online: April 1948

THE USE OF ERGOTAMINE COMPOUNDS IN THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE SIMPLE ANXIETY STATES

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

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A report is made on 59 cases of acute anxiety treated with ergotamine tartrate, 37 cases treated with ergonovine maleate, and 36 cases treated as controls with calcium lactate. Results are given therapeutically and it is indicated that, while these drugs do act as antisympathetic compounds and to some degree ameliorate symptoms of jitteriness and tension, their potential hazard and the routine required for their administration is sufficiently complex to limit their use to special instances.

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American Journal of Psychiatry
Pages: 608 - 612
PubMed: 18913425

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Published in print: April 1948
Published online: 1 April 2006

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DOUGLAS MCG. KELLEY
The Department of Neuropsychiatry of the Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest College, Winston-Salem, N. C.

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