| Literature DB >> 5015036 |
D B Calne, A Petrie, S Rao, J L Reid, S D Vakil.
Abstract
The blood pressure and pulse rate have been compared in a 'double blind, cross over' study involving twenty patients with idiopathic Parkinsonism receiving maximum tolerated dosage of levodopa with and without an extracerebral decarboxylase inhibitor, L-alpha-methyldopahydrazine. The supine and erect systolic pressures were significantly higher and the erect pulse rate significantly lower during administration of L-alpha-methyldopahydrazine. The implications of these observations are discussed.Entities:
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Year: 1972 PMID: 5015036 PMCID: PMC1665682 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1972.tb07249.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Pharmacol ISSN: 0007-1188 Impact factor: 8.739