Papaverinum
di Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
An alkaloid obtained from Opium; formula, C21H21
NO4
Preparation , Triturations or solutions of the salts.
Authority.
Dr. Hormann, Wien. Med. Woch., 1868, 18, 58, 59 (Am. J. Med. Sc., 1869, 58, p. 228), took on three successive days, doses of 1, 3, 5, 7, and 8 grains of the muriate of P.
HEAD
- Acute frontal headache, after the disappearance of the epigastric pain, without any muscular relaxation or weakness.
STOMACH
- Severe hiccough, which disappeared in six minutes, and was followed by epigastric pain (one hour and a half after third dose).
- Epigastric pain after the disappearance of the hiccough.