NICOTINIC ACID IN THE TREATMENT OF PELLAGRA
- 13 August 1938
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 111 (7) , 613-614
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1938.72790330004006b
Abstract
In recent months there have been quite a few references in the medical literature to the use of nicotinic acid (3: pyridine carboxylic acid) in the treatment of pellagra.1 Only one of these reports has stressed the fact that the patient had dementia, and it was mentioned as a mild dementia and was present only at intervals.1b For that reason, it is believed that the report of a case recently observed, in which the patient is still under treatment, will be of interest. Also a comparison may be drawn between the effectiveness of the parenteral and the oral administration of nicotinic acid for pellagrous dementia, as in the case reported here the acid was administered only by the oral route, while in the one previously reported it was administered mostly by the parenteral route. REPORT OF CASE Mrs. M. G., aged 59, white, was first seen March 20,Keywords
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