Abstract | OBJECTIVE: DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Tertiary care center. PATIENT: A 43-year-old man who developed a left occipital infarct after taking a total of 23 sumatriptan succinate tablets (25 mg per tablet) and 32 Midrin tablets during a 7-day period and who on digital subtraction angiography was shown to have segmental cerebral arterial narrowing in multiple vessels. An extensive evaluation for other possible risk factors for cerebral infarction was unrevealing. MAIN OUTCOME AND RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | J F Meschia, M D Malkoff, J Biller |
Journal | Archives of neurology
(Arch Neurol)
Vol. 55
Issue 5
Pg. 712-4
(May 1998)
ISSN: 0003-9942 [Print] United States |
PMID | 9605729
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Review)
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Chemical References |
- Drug Combinations
- Methylamines
- Vasoconstrictor Agents
- Vasodilator Agents
- Acetaminophen
- Chloral Hydrate
- Midrin
- Sumatriptan
- Nicardipine
- Antipyrine
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Topics |
- Acetaminophen
(poisoning)
- Adult
- Antipyrine
(analogs & derivatives, poisoning)
- Cerebral Infarction
(chemically induced)
- Chloral Hydrate
(analogs & derivatives, poisoning)
- Drug Combinations
- Drug Therapy, Combination
- Humans
- Ischemic Attack, Transient
(chemically induced)
- Male
- Methylamines
(poisoning)
- Nicardipine
(therapeutic use)
- Occipital Lobe
(blood supply)
- Sumatriptan
(poisoning)
- Vasoconstrictor Agents
(poisoning)
- Vasodilator Agents
(therapeutic use)
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