ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH DOSAGE OF LIBRIUM
R. LAYTON MCCURDY M.D., and
FRANCIS J. KANE JR. M.D.1
1 Dept. of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Orthostatic hypotension with tachycardia, of moderate proportions, is reported as accompanying the use of doses of chlordiazepoxide (Librium) of 200 to 500 mgm. daily. Drug was continued in use, with the patient remaining recumbent, and some adaptation seems to have occurred over a 6-day period.
