THE USE OF CURARE (D-TUBOCURARINE IN OIL AND WAX) IN THE TREATMENT OF MUSCLE SPASM IN RHEUMATIC DISORDERS
Authors: H M MARGOLIS, P S CAPLAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1949)

Article1 October 1949THE USE OF CURARE (D-TUBOCURARINE IN OIL AND WAX) IN THE TREATMENT OF MUSCLE SPASM IN RHEUMATIC DISORDERSH. M. MARGOLIS, M.D., F.A.C.P., PAUL S. CAPLAN, M.D.H. M. MARGOLIS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, PAUL S. CAPLAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-31-4-615 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe present report records our preliminary observations in a consecutive series of 58 cases of various types of rheumatic disease in which treatment with curare in oil and wax was instituted. Curare was administered in 51 cases in which muscle spasm actually existed. The remaining seven cases were those in which a diagnosis of psychogenic rheumatism was made. In these, subjective symptoms of "muscle stiffness" without objectively demonstrable spasm were prominent along with many other bizarre musculoskeletal symptoms. Curare was used in this group primarily for control purposes, as an aid in evaluation of results in the larger group. Although...Bibliography1. SCHLESINGER EB: The use of suspension of tubocurarine in oil in the treatment of spasticity, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat., 1946, lv, 530. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. SCHLESINGER EB: Recent advances in the use of curare in clinical practice, Bull. N. Y. Acad. Med., 1946, xxii, 520. Google Scholar3. SCHLESINGER EB: Curare: a review of the therapeutic effects and their physiological basis, Am. Jr. Med., 1946, l, 518. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. SCHLESINGERRAGAN EBC: "Muscle spasm" in acute low back pain and similar syndromes, Am. Jr. Med., 1946, l, 621. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. SCHLESINGER EB: Therapeutic applications of curare and their physiologic implications, N. Y. State Jr. Med., 1947, xlvii, 1689. Google Scholar6. STEINERFREUNDLICHENTRITTMAUN GHABME: Lesions of skeletal muscles in rheumatoid arthritis. Nodular polymyositis, Am. Jr. Path., 1946, xxii, 103. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania*Received for publication May 18, 1948.From the Department of Medicine and the Arthritis Services of The Montefiore and St. Margaret Memorial Hospitals and The John C. Oliver Memorial Research Foundation of The St. Margaret Memorial Hospital. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byKrankheiten der Knochen, Gelenke und MuskelnRHEUMATISM AND ARTHRITIS REVIEW OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE OF RECENT YEARS (TENTH RHEUMATISM REVIEW)* Part IIWILLIAM D. ROBINSON, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD W. BOLAND, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOSEPH J. BUNIM, M.D., F.A.C.P., DARRELL C. CRAIN, M.D., F.A.C.P., EPHRAIM P. ENGLEMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., WALLACE GRAHAM, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C), L. MAXWELL LOCKIE, M.D., F.A.C.P., MAX M. MONTGOMERY, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLES RAGAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., MARIAN W. ROPES, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD F. ROSENBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLEY J. SMYTH, M.D.Vergleichende Untersuchung der muskelerschlaffenden MittelLiteraturTEACHING EVOLUTION IN THE SCHOOLSSUBLINGUAL d-TUBOCURARINE FOR MUSCULAR SPASM 1 October 1949Volume 31, Issue 4Page: 615-623KeywordsArthritisHospital medicineMusclesOilsStiffness Issue Published: 1 October 1949 PDF downloadLoading ...