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Cardiac Complications in Cardiazol Treatment: Observations in Four Cases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

A. Dick
Affiliation:
Stoneyetts Hospital, Chryston
W. McAdam
Affiliation:
Southern General Hospital, Glasgow

Extract

The history, pharmacology, physical and chemical properties of cardiazol have been recorded in many publications recently, and our knowledge has been derived from them. Our technique and method of giving the injections have been more or less on the lines laid down by Meduna and described by Kennedy in the Journal of Mental Science of November, 1937. We used a 10% solution and usually commenced with 3.5 c.c. or 4 c.c., giving bi-weekly injections. The dosage necessary to produce a convulsion varied with different individuals. When a convulsion was not induced the dosage of the next injection was increasd by .5 c.c. or 1 c.c., depending on the reaction of the previous injection. The course was terminated by weekly injections. Our highest dose was 9.5 c.c. The injections were given in 10-15 seconds, and occasionally the first stage of the convulsion came on before the needle was withdrawn. Latterly we reduced the time of the injection to 10 seconds. No definite rule can be laid down as to the number of epileptic attacks to be induced.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1938 

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