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Biotech / Medical : Zonagen (zona) - good buy? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Tunica Albuginea who wrote (849)	11/21/1997 11:45:00 AM
From: Dauntless	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 7041

What a surprise - IV phentolamine can cause changes in blood pressure. Nice horror story, but not very scientifically described. Could you supply the following information - as you would if you were documenting this case for a journal article? - What was the concentration & infusion rate of the phentolamine drip - i.e. - were you pushing it in faster than the patient could eliminate it? - What other drugs/anesthetics were being administered at the same time? - Do you recall what the blood levels of phentolamine were during your single bad experience with IV administration? - How did the blood levels compare with those seen in the patients enrolled in the studies receiving oral phentolamine? - Did this patient have any diseases or conditions that might have contributed to the BP swings? This is just another totally objective post from the TUNA - you've been here before - & I'm sure, unfortunately, you'll be back. We had some thoughtful, reasonable posts from "non-Zona's" - glad to read them - but this jerk should be in a salad.