Action of L‐α‐methyldopahydrazine on the blood pressure of patients receiving levodopa

The blood pressure and pulse rate have been compared in a 'double blind, cross over' study involving twenty patients with idiopathic Parkinsonism receiving maximum tolerated dosage of levodopa with and without an extracerebral decarboxylase inhibitor, L-alpha-methyldopahydrazine. The supine and erect systolic pressures were significantly higher and the erect pulse rate significantly lower during administration of L-alpha-methyldopahydrazine. The implications of these observations are discussed.

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