PubMed · 1944672
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A J Boom. 1991-10-26. ['Only ergotamine still works'].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1944672/
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We set out to review early descriptions of chronic migraine and medication-overuse headache. The International Headache Society (IHS) recently gave criteria for chronic migraine and medication-overuse headache. Chronic migraine was absent from the 1988 IHS criteria. Peters and Horton described ergotamine-overuse headache in 1951. In the 1980s it was more fully appreciated that overuse of other acute headache medications could increase headache frequency. We reviewed published English-language papers and book chapters. Willis (1672), Oppenheim (1900), Collier (1922), Balyeat (1933), and von Storch (1937) all described chronic migraine. Lennox (1934), O'Sullivan (1936), Silfverskiold (1947), Graham (1955), Friedman (1955), and Lippman (1955) wrote about ergotamine-overuse headache. Graham (1955), Friedman (1955), Lippman (1955), and Horton and Peters (1963) outlined withdrawal protocols. Chronic migraine has been mentioned in the literature for centuries, while medication-overuse headache has been written about for decades. Graham, Friedman, and Lippman deserve credit for separately reporting the first ergotamine withdrawal programmes.
The parkinsonian syndromes include idiopathic Parkinson's disease, parkinsonian syndromes secondary to several known causative agents, and parkinsonian syndromes associated with more widespread CNS lesions and extensive neurologic deficits. They constitute movement disorders with a similar constellation of symptoms: rigidity, tremor, bradykinesia, gait impairment, and postural instability. All of the parkinsonian syndromes are associated with excess morbidity and mortality from respiratory causes, and all can produce the pattern of pulmonary function impairment consistent with neuromuscular disease. In addition, the parkinsonian syndromes can produce upper airway obstruction and abnormalities of ventilatory control, both of which can be life-threatening in those with MSA. The medications used to treat these disorders can also produce respiratory disease. A syndrome of L-dopa-induced respiratory dysfunction has been described, which may be a heterogeneic disorder of choreiform movements of the respiratory muscles, rigidity-akinesis of the respiratory muscles, or abnormal central control of ventilation, all related to the drug. In addition, the ergot-derived dopamine agonists can cause pleural and pulmonary fibrosis.