[Hormonal treatment of arterial hypotension]

After a brief review on the incidence rate and classification of arterial hypotonia--the author discusses the treatment of primary (essential) hypotonia. The unpleasant side effects in the treatment with sympathicomimetic remedies (vasopressive amines) are stressed upon as well as the favourable effect of certain hormonal preparations: mineral corticoids, anabolic steroids and Docabolin--the combined preparation from those two groups of remedies. The author reports the results from the treatment of 45 patients with primary hypotonia with that combined preparation. The subjective complaints were very favourably affected as well as the decreased arterial pressure in 42 of them. Side effects during the treatment were not observed with the exception of a slight palpebral edema in one female patient. The author recommends the combined hormonal treatment of primary hypotonia, especially in cases proceeding with asthenia.