From the ninth to the 19th centuries, Europe suffered a succession of epidemics caused by contamination of rye with ergot, a poisonous mold that produces the potent toxin ergotamine, the consumption of which induces hallucinations, bizarre behavior, and violent muscle twitching.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cloned Cow Has Left the Barn] Reference

If you read the link, you go on to discover that Ipomoea varieties contain a lot of ergotamine, which is a vasoconstrictor and uterine stimulator, and should be approached with caution.    From Wordnik.com.  [L.S.D., R.I.P.] Reference

It had a combination of all possible poisonous substances, major being "ergotamine", which is derived from the fungus infected "ergot of rye", which has the capacity to shrink blood vessels, technically known as vasoconstrictors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Desicritics] Reference

Do not combine with ergotamine or aminophylline, especially in pediatrics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 4] Reference

Do not confuse with ergotamine, a related drug, used for totally different indications.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 4] Reference

And Virginia Bergman first made me aware of the potential uses of a drug called ergotamine.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Suitable Vengeance]

Here we shall be well advised to take as a starting-point the mechanism of action of atropine or ergotamine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Otto Loewi - Nobel Lecture] Reference

The women were challenged on moral grounds when in fact they had been poisoned by ergotamine contamination of rye.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Revitalized Liberal Agenda] Reference

For that matter, LSD-25 was originally developed in the hopes that it could be a more potent version of ergotamine a labor-inducing drug.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Seeking Examples:] Reference

We were able to show this by demonstrating that even after using atropine and ergotamine, nerve stimulation still released nerve substances.    From Wordnik.com.  [Otto Loewi - Nobel Lecture] Reference

Cafergot, a mixture of ergotamine tartrate and caffeine, is used to treat or prevent vascular headaches such as migraine and cluster headaches.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-11-01] Reference

Dosage of ergotamine with caffeine for migraine: adults: Take 2 tablets at the first sign of a migraine, then 1 tablet every half hour until the pain goes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 31] Reference

It was diagnosed when I was in my early twenties, but had first appeared when I was in my teens; I'd taken ergotamine and beta-blockers and I already had a long history of migraines.    From Wordnik.com.  [The post about Socks...with Barbara Cartland, Barbie and a fetish] Reference

However, past experience with that knowledge enabled the pharmaceutical industry to modify ergotamine alkaloid structures to clean them up and make them more target and symptom specific.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mind Hacks: Treating cluster headaches with LSD and psilocybin] Reference

This shows that atropine and ergotamine do not impair the function of the nerves, which is a liberating one, that is to say, they do not paralyse the nerves, but exert an antagonistic influence on the action of the substances produced.    From Wordnik.com.  [Otto Loewi - Nobel Lecture] Reference

Do NOT use Clarithromycin if: you are allergic to any ingredient in Clarithromycin or any other macrolide (eg, erythromycin) you are taking cisapride, cyclosporine, dofetilide, eletriptan, ergot alkaloids (eg, ergotamine, dihydroergotamine), H.    From Wordnik.com.  [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference

By recognizing that after previous application of atropine or ergotamine the stimulation of the respective nerves is known to have no effect at all upon the effector organ, it has been proved that nerve stimulation has no other effect but to release nerve substances.    From Wordnik.com.  [Otto Loewi - Nobel Lecture] Reference

From the ninth to the 19th centuries, Europe suffered a succession of epidemics caused by contamination of rye with ergot, a poisonous mold that produces the potent toxin ergotamine, consumption of which induces hallucinations, bizarre behavior and violent muscle twitching.    From Wordnik.com.  [Europe Is Crazy About (Cloned) Food] Reference

I've had it for about 20 years; it's fairly common among people who get the kind of migraines I get, but it's also a fairly common (and permanent) sie effect of the medication that they used to use to treat/prevent migraines (ergotamine compounds, which I used to take tons of).    From Wordnik.com.  [The post about Socks...with Barbara Cartland, Barbie and a fetish] Reference

Both genera infected rye kernels before and after harvest, producing toxic, long-acting alkaloids (e.g., ergotamine).    From Wordnik.com.  [歪酷博客 Ycool Blog] Reference

D. not take PREZISTA if you are taking the following medicines: dihydroergotamine (D. H.E.45®, Migranal®), ergonovine, ergotamine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newswise: Latest News] Reference

D. not take PREZISTA if you are taking the following medicines: dihydroergotamine (D. H.E.45 (R), Migranal (R)), ergonovine, ergotamine.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Serious problems or death can happen taking these medicines with Kaletra: ergot-containing medicines, including ergotamine (Cafergot® and others), dihydroergotamine.    From Wordnik.com.  [RedOrbit News - Technology] Reference

Among the predominant forms of alkaloids, tests by Biomin on batch samples of raw and finished feed ingredients found ergotamine and ergocristine to be among the most commonly occurring.    From Wordnik.com.  [Laboratorytalk - laboratory industry news] Reference

SUMAVEL DosePro should not be used within 24 hours of other ergotamine-containing or ergot-type medications or other 5-HT1 agonists and is not generally recommended for use with MAO-A inhibitors.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

SUMAVEL DosePro should not be used within 24 hours of other ergotamine-containing or ergot-type medications or other 5-HT (1) agonists and is not generally recommended for use with MAO-A inhibitors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference

Recent in-vitro trials of Mycofix in dry lick stones indicated adsorption rates of 91 per cent and 98 per cent for ergotamine and 84 per cent and 96 per cent for ergovaline at pH values of 3.5 and 6.5 respectively.    From Wordnik.com.  [Laboratorytalk - laboratory industry news] Reference

Adsorption rates for ergine, ergotamine and ergovaline were recorded at 56 per cent, 86 per cent and 90 per cent respectively in gastric juice and 68 per cent, 85 per cent and 86 per cent respectively in rumen fluid.    From Wordnik.com.  [Laboratorytalk - laboratory industry news] Reference

Often comes in: tablets with 1 mg. of ergotamine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 31] Reference

Halcion® (triazolam, ergot medicines (dihydroergotamine, ergonovine, ergotamine, and methylergonovine such as Cafergot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bristol-Myers Squibb and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Announce First-of-Its-Kind Collaboration to Express the Stories of People Impacted by HIV/AIDS Through Dance - Yahoo! Finance] Reference

I always thought "rock & rye" made another reference - the magnificent blend of good old GD rock & the fruits of the rye mold (ergotamine tartrate.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Annotated "Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodleloo"] Reference

(eg, hydrocortisone), cyclosporine, digoxin, disopyramide, eletriptan, ergot alkaloids (eg, ergotamine, dihydroergotamine), H.    From Wordnik.com.  [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference