Abstract

In tetanus patients Levodopa and Carbidopa combination (which is usually used to relieve the signs of extrapyramidal) causes respiratory muscles spasm relief thereby the need for sedatives is decreased and patient saved later on via central nervous system mechanism, by providing the inhibitory neurotransmitters at Anterior Horn cells.

Keywords: Tetanus; Combination of Levodopa and Carbidopa; Respiratory Muscle Spasm Relief

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Citation

Citation: Vinod Kumar Tewari., et al. “Use of Dopamine Agonist in Tetanus Spasms - A Novel Approach to Revert the Respiratory Spasm - The Cause of Mortality".Acta Scientific Neurology 3.9 (2020): 30-32.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2020 Vinod Kumar Tewari., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.