Treatment Options for High or Low Catecholamine Levels Treatment options for high or low catecholamine levels are available. Exact treatment depends on cause, but may include medication or surgery.

CATECHOLAMINE-producing tumors arising from tissue outside the adrenal medulla have long been recognized as causes of sustained or paroxysmal hypertension. 1 Their origin has traditionally been ...

Bradycardia with catecholamine-depleting drugs. Antagonized by NSAIDs, barbiturates, rifampin, phenytoin. May increase cardiac effects of calcium channel blockers, digitalis, lidocaine.

Introduction PROMINENT among the symptoms of familial dysautonomia are the manifestations of autonomic dysfunction. 1 A disturbance in catecholamine metabolism has been documented by the ...

The catecholamine storage mechanism in a neuroblastoma is less efficient than that in a pheochromocytoma, leading to increased intracellular breakdown of catecholamines. 7 To our knowledge, there ...

''We don't know why, but moving limbs very fast generates high levels of catecholamine,'' Dr Boutcher, whose findings are published in the Journal of Obesity, said. That's interesting, and new to me.

Previously, enzymes such as monoamine oxidase A (MAO) and catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) were believed to be largely responsible for catecholamine and specifically dopamine regulation.

Jason C. Hamilton; Lauren Korn-Naveh; Elizabeth A. Crago Disclosures J Neurosci Nurs. 2008;40 (5):269-274.

Urinary catecholamine metabolites are well-known biomarkers for the diagnosis (Dx) of neuroblastoma, but their clinical significance in determining therapy response during treatment is not well ...