Cyproheptadine for central hypertension?

Cyproheptadine in severe anorexia.

A 4-year-old girl was diagnosed to have TBM on the basis of history, abnormal CSF findings and a CT scan showing moderate hydrocephalus and basal exudates. She was treated with a combination of streptomycin, isoniazid, rifampicin and pyrazinamide. She also received oral phenobarbitone for convulsions and mannitol and acetazolamide. The sensorium improved on the 6th day, only after a ventriculop...

Cyproheptadine-Induced Acute Liver Failure

We present the case of a 55-year-old white female with no history of liver or gastrointestinal disease, admitted with acute liver failure following a trial of cyproheptadine for appetite stimulation. The patient was managed with supportive care, symptomatic treatment, and discontinuation of cyproheptadine. To our knowledge, this is the first described case of cyproheptadine-induced acute liver ...

Depression after cyproheptadine: MAO treatment.

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Central sympathetic transmitters and hypertension.

Central blood pressure and hypertension.

During the 20th century, the brachial artery auscultatory method of blood pressure (BP) measurement has been the major basis for our understanding of clinical hypertension. First, the height of systolic (S) and diastolic (D) BP was used to define cardiovascular (CV) risk. Second, BP reduction by drug treatment was shown to be associated with a substantial decrease of CV risk in several varietie...