Short report
Ergotism related to a single dose of ergotamine tartrate in an
AIDS patient treated with ritonavir
P Blanche, A Rigolet, B Gombert, C Ginsburg, D Salmon, D Sicard
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de Médecine Interne 2, Hôpital Cochin, Université René
Descartes, 27 rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75679 Paris, Cedex 14, France
Accepted 17 March 1999
We report a rare case of ergotism related to a single dose of
ergotamine tartrate in a man with AIDS being treated with ritonavir. He
was treated with a prostacyclin analogue and made a complete recovery.
Keywords: ergotism; ergotamine tartrate; AIDS; ritonavir; adverse drug reaction; HIV infection
© 1999 by The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
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