Treatment of Persistent Hiccups with a Single Session of Gabapentin Therapy: A report of 2 cases / 대한통증학회지
The Korean Journal of Pain
;
: 222-225, 2005.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-196435
ABSTRACT
Hiccups are due to an intermittent clonic spasm of the diaphragm. In most cases, hiccups are self-limiting disease, but persistent hiccups may be related to the presence of serious underlying systemic disease. Two patients who had persistent hiccups that were not controled by conventional methods and medications were referred to the pain clinic. We administered a single oral medication of gabapentin, and then the hiccups disappeared in both cases. We concluded that gabapentin should be considered as an alternative therapy to control persistent or intractable hiccup. It could be particularly useful for those patients with solid malignancies, either alone or as an "add-on therapy" with other oral agents.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Spasm
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Diaphragm
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Pain Clinics
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Hiccup
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Pain
Year:
2005
Type:
Article
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