The orthostatic self-training programme includes standing against a wall without moving, twice a day every day for a planned duration of up to 30 minutes each time.
Careful monitoring for these side-effects, including regular checks of orthostatic blood pressure, should be pursued in the elderly, as these side-effects are highly predictive of accidents such as falls.
It is surprising to observe preserved intellectual function in a patient who is almost completely incapacitated in terms of motor control, orthostatic blood pressure regulation and bladder dysfunction.
These autonomic nervous system-mediated changes not only act to respond to posture changes quickly but also act to maintain these changes if the orthostatic stress is prolonged.
More than two-thirds of the patients given salt supplementation had increases in orthostatic tolerance by two minutes or more.
Tricyclic antidepressants are effective173 but can produce troublesome adverse effects such as orthostatic hypotension and confusion in elderly patients.
The most common adverse events with ropinirole 24-h prolonged release were dyskinesia, nausea, dizziness, somnolence, hallucinations and orthostatic hypotension.
Tricyclic antidepressants are effective but can produce troublesome adverse effects, such as orthostatic hypotension and confusion in elderly patients.
