Efficacy of single or combined midodrine and pyridostigmine in orthostatic hypotension
Efficacy of single or combined midodrine and pyridostigmine in orthostatic hypotension
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DOI:
10.1212/wnl.0000000000004340
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发表时间:
2017-09-05
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影响因子:
9.9
通讯作者:
Chu, Kon
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作者:
Byun, Jung-Ick;Moon, Jangsup;Chu, Kon
Objective: To evaluate the long-term (for up to 3 months) efficacy and safety of single or combined therapy with midodrine and pyridostigmine for neurogenic orthostatic hypotension (OH).Methods: This was a randomized, open-label clinical trial. In total, 87 patients with symptomatic neurogenic OH were enrolled and randomized to receive 1 of 3 treatments: midodrine only, pyridostigmine only, or midodrine 1 pyridostigmine. The patients were followed up at 1 and 3 months after treatment. The primary outcome measures were improvement in orthostatic blood pressure (BP) drop at 3 months. Secondary endpoints were improvement of the orthostatic BP drop at 1 month and amelioration of the questionnaire score evaluating OH-associated symptoms.Results: Orthostatic systolic and diastolic BP drops improved significantly at 3 months after treatment in all treatment groups. Orthostatic symptoms were significantly ameliorated during the 3-month treatment, and the symptom severity was as follows: midodrine only, midodrine 1 pyridostigmine, pyridostigmine only group. Mild to moderate adverse events were reported by 11.5% of the patients.Conclusions: Single or combination treatment with midodrine and pyridostigmine was effective and safe in patients with OH for up to 3 months. Midodrine was better than pyridostigmine at improving OH-related symptoms.Clinicaltrials. gov identifier: NCT02308124.Classification of evidence: This study provides Class IV evidence that for patients with neurogenic OH, long-term treatment with midodrine alone, pyridostigmine alone, or both midodrine and pyridostigmine is safe and has similar effects in improving orthostatic BP drop up to 3 months.