dihydroergotoxine and Pruritus

Senile itching, a peculiar clinical situation consisting of a cutaneous senile involution associated with a relevant neurogenic component, still keeps being a difficult therapeutic problem. For the purpose, a clinical trial, carried out with a combination of thioridazine and dihydroergotoxine on 19 patients carriers of the affection, could show a relevant decrease in all parameters assessed, ie itching, muscle tension and skin temperature measured by biofeedback. The combination also showed a good tolerance.

Topics: Administration, Oral; Animals; Anxiety; Cats; Depression; Dihydroergotoxine; Drug Combinations; Drug Evaluation; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Pruritus; Skin Temperature; Thioridazine