Priapism is a urologic emergency representing a true disorder of penile erection that persists beyond or is unrelated to sexual interest or stimulation. A variety of psychotropic drugs are known to produce priapism, albeit rarely, through their antagonistic action on alpha-1 adrenergic receptors. We report such a case of priapism induced by a single oral dose of 10 mg aripiprazole, a drug with ...

Clonidine, an alpha agonist, formally prescribed in clinical medicine as antihypertensive medication, is currently being used more frequently to address a multitude of psychiatric entities. The long-acting formulation is approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in treating the attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. In addition to this only legitimate indication, it has long been ...

Objective Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) may present with unusual motor and non-motor symptoms and signs in the early stage of the disease. Methods Cases were collected over a five-year period at two tertiary movement disorders clinics. All had a diagnosis of PD with unusual presentations defined retrospectively as the presence of complaints not objectively related to any of the class...

Case Description- A six-month-old Doberman Pinscher male with sever laceration in the mucosa of the lip, nose and nostrils as well as the shoulder area was referred to Veterinary Hospital of Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman. Clinical Findings- The animal showed anorexia, depression, and sialorrhea. There was also a deep laceration over the right should...

Salivation to food cues is typically explained in terms of mere stimulus-response links. However, food cues seem to especially increase salivation when food is attractive, suggesting a more complex psychological process. Adopting a grounded cognition perspective, we suggest that perceiving a food triggers simulations of consuming it, especially when attractive. These simulations then induce sal...

ance to the action of the poison. According to him, salivation and even death may occur from the smallest doses of mercury. Every general practitioner must acknowledge the numerous idiosyncrasies that meet him in the prescribing of any mercurial preparation. Hence it is reasonable to suppose that the poisonous dose must in like manner vary considerably. In our own city Dr Littlejohn informs me ...

Before giving details of this case, I beg to lor war a some extracts from a number of the Mofussilite, which records instances of hydrophobia having been cured by mercurial salivation. These extracts suggested to me the mode of treatment pursued in the present instance. " We regret to have to record a case of hydrophobia in this neighbourhood. In our last number we mentioned that a dog, which s...