THE TREATMENT OF THE PARKINSONIAN SYNDROME WITH BULGARIAN BELLADONNA ROOT AND AMPHETAMINE (BENZEDRINE) SULFATE
EUGENE DAVIDOFF M. D.1,
EDWARD C. REIFENSTEIN JR. M. D.1, , and
NOBLE R. CHAMBERS M. D.1
1 The department of psychiatry, College of Medicine, Syracuse University; and from the Syracuse Psychopathic Hospital.
1. A series of 25 patients with Parkinsonian syndrome, including 15 of the post-encephalitic type, and 10 of the arteriosclerotic or idiopathic type have been treated with the combination of Bulgarian belladonna root (rabellon) and amphetamine (benzedrine) sulfate. Of the post-encephalitic cases, 11 showed some improvemnet. Of the other types, five were beneficially influenced.
2. Our experience indicated that this therapy is superior to other forms of treatment.
