Word: gynergen
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When such simple remedies as aspirin fail, the standard treatment has been shots of ergotamine tartrate (Gynergen). But Gynergen, derived from ergot, a drug used to stimulate uterine contractions in childbirth, is almost a disease in itself. It slows the pulse, raises blood pressure, occasionally causes gangrene, may cause vomiting, pains in the legs, uterine cramps and suppression of menses...
...Proceedings of the Staff Meetings of the Mayo Clinic, Dr. Bayard T. Horton & coworkers point a way out of this miserable dilemma. Having tried it on 120 patients over three and a half years, they announced that a new derivative of ergot, dihydroergotamine, has all the virtues of Gynergen and almost none of its vices...
...them to open wide; then blood goes pounding through with extra force. Remedies: 1) a calm life; 2) abstention from annoying foods; 3) aspirin tablets, benzedrine, black coffee or ducking in cold water for mild cases. If a patient can scent it in advance, a dose of the drug gynergen will nip a migraine headache in the bud; once the throbbing begins, this medicine is useless. Gynergen often produces jitters, vomiting, circulatory disturbances in the fingers and toes. Oxygen inhalations "often work miraculously" but must be taken in a doctor's office or hospital for an hour...
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