PARKINSONISM: TREATMENT WITH CURARE
Authors: H BERGER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1956)

Case Reports1 November 1956PARKINSONISM: TREATMENT WITH CURAREHERBERT BERGER, M.D., F.A.C.P.HERBERT BERGER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-45-5-946 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSo many drugs have been introduced for the relief of parkinsonism that one hesitates to suggest another. Their very number, however, implies that we have yet to find a satisfactory method of alleviating the distressing features of this syndrome. Curare, in repository form, has been of value in reducing and occasionally in eliminating the spasticity so commonly found in these patients, even in those whose distress remained despite full dosage of the other commonly used drugs.Several excellent reviews of the drug therapy1, 2, 3, 4of this condition have appeared recently; therefore, no attempt is made here to repeat...Bibliography1. DoshayZier LJA: The therapy of parkinsonism, M. Clin. North America 37: 1511 (Sept.) 1953. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Drake FR: The drug therapy of Parkinson's syndrome: a review, Am. J. M. Sc. 228: 97 (July) 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Shapiro SK: Treatment of parkinsonism, Clin. Med. 61: 17 (Jan.) 1954. Google Scholar4. Edwards JC: The drug therapy of Parkinson's syndrome, M. Clin. North America 38: 485 (Mar.) 1954. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. Cooper IS: Surgical alleviation of parkinsonism: effects of occlusion of the anterior choroidal artery, J. Am. Geriatrics Soc. 2: 691 (Nov.) 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. PutnamHerz TJE: Results of spinal pyramidotomy in the treatment of parkinsonism syndrome, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat. 63: 357 (Mar.) 1950. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. BrowderKaplanRabiner JHAAM: The capsular operation for parkinsonism; attendant functional changes, Ann. Surg. 138: 502 (Oct.) 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. SpiegelSycis EAHT: Ansotomy in paralysis agitans, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat. 71: 598 (May) 1954. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. Cooper IS: Surgical occlusion of the anterior choroidal artery in parkinsonism, Surg., Gynec. and Obst. 99: 207 (Aug.) 1954. MedlineGoogle Scholar10. Miller H: Parkinsonism and its management, Practitioner 171: 15, 1953. MedlineGoogle Scholar11. Budnitz J: The use of Benadryl in Parkinson's disease, New England J. Med. 238: 874-875 (June 17) 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12. RyanWood GMJS: Benadryl in the treatment of parkinsonism, Lancet 1: 258, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13. DoshayConstable LJK: Parkinson's disease, J. A. M. A. 140: 1317, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar14. SmithBrownTomanGoodman SHOJELS: The lack of cerebral effects of d-tubocurarine, Anesthesiology 8: 1, 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Tottenville, Staten Island, N. Y.*Received for publication November 16, 1955.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Herbert Berger, M. D., The Berger Clinic, 7440 Amboy Road, Tottenville, Staten Island 7, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 November 1956Volume 45, Issue 5Page: 946-950KeywordsDrug therapyDrugsParalysis Issue Published: 1 November 1956 PDF downloadLoading ...