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Causes constriction of blood vessels and is used to treat migraine
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ergotamine
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n. an alkaloid derived from ergot that is less toxic than ergot; causes constriction of blood vessels and is used to treat migraine
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n. (context organic chemistry biochemistry pharmaceutical drug English) An alkaloid, extracted from ergot, that causes constriction of blood vessels and has been used to treat migraine; it is related to lysergic acid.
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Ergotamine is an ergopeptine and part of the ergot family of alkaloids ; it is structurally and biochemically closely related to ergoline . It possesses structural similarity to several neurotransmitters , and has biological activity as a vasoconstrictor ...
Usage examples of ergotamine.
She stepped back from him and leaned a hip against the desk as she dug a prescription bottle of ergotamine out of her briefcase, fished out one tablet, and washed it down with Pepsi to ward off the headache that was sinking its talons into her forehead.
Swiss pharmaceutical company, SANDOZ, following the discovery by one of its chemists, Albert Hoffman, how to make synthetic ergotamine, a powerful mind-altering drug.
Mitch had no idea whether ergotamine was an actual medication or a word the detective had invented on the spot.