[Sodium nitroprusside in ischaemic complications of acute ergot poisoning (author's transl)].

Various treatments have been tried against ischaemic complications of acute ergot poisoning, but no definite therapeutic approach based on a sufficient number of cases has yet been proposed. The mechanism of vascular spasm, the action of sodium nitroprusside and the good results obtained in 7 cases reported in the literature and in 2 personal cases have prompted the authors to suggest the use of this drug as first-choice treatment in these patients.