| Drug |
Dosage |
Diagnostic tests |
Side effects |
| Orthostatic hypotension |
| 9-α-fluoro hydrocortisone |
0.1 mg titrated to 0.5 to 2.0 mg/day |
Measure B.P. by active standing test and passive head up tilt testing (HUT)
Measure catecholamines |
Ankle edema, hypokalemia, congestive heart failure |
| Sympathomimetic agents |
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| Ephedrine |
25-50 mg t.i.d. |
Sympathetic symptoms |
| Pseudoephedrine |
30-60 mg t.i.d. |
| Phenylpropanolamine |
12.5-25 mg t.i.d. |
| α-agonist |
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| Midodrine (FDA approved) |
2.5-10 mg t.i.d. |
Anxiety and tachycardia |
| Clonidine |
0.1-0.5 mg |
Hypotension |
| Octreotide |
0.1-0.5 μg/kg/day |
Injection site pain and diarrhea |
| Supplementary therapy like cox-inhibitor, caffeine etc. can be used |
| Diabetic Gastroparesis |
| Metoclopramide |
10 mg q.i.d. |
Antroduodenal manometry
Breath test
Magnetic response imaging
Ultrasonography
Gastric emptying study
Electrogastrography |
Dystonic reactions, hyperprolactinemia, extrapyramidal symptoms |
| Erythromycin |
250 mg t.i.d. |
Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, antibiotic resistance |
| Domperidone |
10-20 mg t.i.d. |
Galactorrhea |
| Bethanechol |
20 mg q.i.d. |
Salivation, blurred vision, abdominal cramps, bladder spasm |
| Levosulpiride |
25 mg t.i.d. |
Galactorrhea |
| Botulinum toxin type A |
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| Sepiapterin |
20 mg.kg b.w. |
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| Diabetic Diarrhea |
| Elementary diet |
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Sensation tests of anus
Rectal examination of sphincter muscles
Endoscopy examination of GIT
72 hr stool examination-tests for pancreatic enzyme function |
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| Pancreatic extracts |
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| Antidiarrheal agents |
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| Loperamide |
2 mg q.i.d. |
Toxic megacolon |
| Anion exchange resin |
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| Cholestyramine |
4 g 1-6 times/ day |
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| Long acting somatostatin |
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| Octreotide acetate |
50 μg t.i.d. |
Aggravated nutrient malabsorption |
| Metronidazole |
250 mg t.i.d. |
Fungal overgrowth |
| α2-receptor agonist |
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| Clonidine.HCl |
0.1 mg t.i.d. |
Orthostatic hypotension |
| Gastrokinetics and anticholinergics |
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| Aclatonium napadisilate |
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| Trimebutine maleate |
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| Tiquizium bromide |
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| Cispride |
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| Macrolides |
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| EM523L |
i/v infusion |
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| Cystopathy |
| Bethanechol |
10 mg q.i.d. |
Cystometrogram
Postvoiding sonography |
Salivation, blurred vision, abdominal cramps, bladder spasm |
| Doxazosin |
1-2 mg t.i.d. |
Hypotension, headache, palpitations |
| Erectile Dysfunction |
| Sildenafil |
50 mg o.d., 1 hr. before sexual activity |
Ultrasound
Urinalysis
Blood test to check testosterone level
Overnight erection test |
Headache, flushing, nasal congestion, dyspepsia, muscular skeletal pain, blurred vision |
| Vardenafil |
Up to 20 mg/day, 1 hr. before sexual activity |
| Tadalofil |
Up to 10 mg/day, 1 hr. before sexual activity |
