Gynergen

[jin-er-jin, -jen, gahy-ner-, jahy-ner-]

Pharmacology, Trademark.

1. a brand of ergotamine.

Example Sentences

The compound was brought to market in 1921 as Gynergen®.

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If a patient can scent it in advance, a dose of the drug gynergen will nip a migraine headache in the bud; once the throbbing begins, this medicine is useless.

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Gynergen often produces jitters, vomiting, circulatory disturbances in the fingers and toes.

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But Gynergen, derived from ergot, a drug used to stimulate uterine contractions in childbirth, is almost a disease in itself.

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