Effective prophylactic therapy for cyclic vomiting syndrome in children using amitriptyline or cyproheptadine

Pediatrics

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 977-981

  Andersen, John M ^a   Sugerman, Kathryn S ^a   Lockhart, Jennifer R ^a   Weinberg, Warren A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amitriptyline; Cyclic vomiting syndrome; Cyproheptadine; Migraine

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CYPROHEPTADINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 0030686407     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.100.6.977     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Gee S. On fitful or recurring vomiting. St Bartholomew's Hosp Rep. 1882;18:1-6
2. Li BUK. Cyclic vomiting: new understanding of an old disorder. Contemp Pediatr. 1996;13:48-62
3. Forbes D. Differential diagnosis of cyclic vomiting syndrome. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 1995;21(suppl 1):S11-S14
4. Korson M. Metabolic etiologies of cyclic or recurrent vomiting. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 1995;21(suppl 1):S15-S19
5. Fleisher DR, Matar M. The cyclic vomiting syndrome: a report of 71 cases and literature review. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 1993;17:361-9
6. Fleisher DR. Management of cyclic vomiting syndrome. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 1995;21(suppl 1):S52-S56
7. Pfau BT, Li BUK, Murray RD, Heitlinger LA, McClung HJ, Hayes JR. Differentiating cyclic from chronic vomiting patterns in children: quantitative criteria and diagnostic implications. Pediatrics. 1996;97:364-368
8. Benson J, Zorn S, Book L. Sumatriptan (Imitrex) in the treatment of cyclic vomiting. Ann Pharmacother. 1995;29:997-998
9. Bentley D, Kehely A, Al-Bayaty M, Michie CA. Abdominal migraine as a cause of vomiting in children: a clinician's view. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 1995;21(suppl 1):S49-S51
10. Forbes D, Withers G. Prophylactc therapy in cyclic vomiting syndrome. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 1995;21(suppl 1):S57-S59
11. Vanderhoof JA, Young R, Kaufman SS, Ernst L. Treatment of cyclic vomiting in childhood with erythromycin. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 1995;21(suppl 1):S60-S62
12. Peroutka SJ. Drugs effective in the therapy of migraine. In: Hardman JG, Limbird LE, Gilman AG, eds. Goodman and Gilman's Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics. 9th ed. New York, NY: McGraw Hill; 1996:487-502
13. Fleisher DR. The cyclic vomiting syndrome described. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 1995;21(suppl 1):S1-S5
14. Li BUK, ed. Consensus statement. Proceedings of the international Scientific Symposium on Cyclical Vomiting Syndrome. Diagnostic criteria for cyclic vomiting syndrome. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 1995;21(suppl 1):vi
15. Igarashi M, May WN, Golden GS. Pharmacologic treatment of childhood migraine. J Pediatr. 1992;120:653-657
16. Spierings ELH. Symptomatology and pathogenesis of migraine. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 1995;21(suppl 1):S37-S41
17. Symon DNK, Russell G. The relationship between cyclic vomiting syndrome and abdominal migraine. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 1995; 21(suppl 1):S42-S43
18. McEvoy GK, ed. Tricyclic antidepressants general statement. American Hospital Formulary Service Drug Information. 1996;28:1575-1580
19. Potter WZ, Manji HK, Rudorfer MV. Tricyclics and tetracyclics. In: Schatzberg AF, Nemeroff CB, eds. Textbook of Psychopharmacology. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, Inc; 1995:141-160
20. Hollister LE. Drug therapy: tricyclic antidepressants. N Engl J Med. 1978;229:1106-1109, 1168-1171
21. Godfrey RG. A guide to the understanding and use of tricyclic antidepressants in the overall management of fibromyalgia and other chronic pain syndromes. Arch Intern Med. 1996;156:1047-1052
22. McEvoy GK, ed. Cyproheptadine hydrochloride. American Hospital Formulary Service Drug Information. 1996;4:17-19
23. Peroutka SJ, Allen GS. The calcium antagonist properties of cyproheptadine: implications for antimigraine action. Neurology. 1984; 34:304-309
24. Ling W, Oftedal G, Weinberg, W. Depressive illness in childhood presenting as severe headache. Am J Dis Child. 1970;120:122-124
25. Crouch JR, Ziegler DK, Hassanein R. Amitripryline in the prophylaxis of migraine. Neurology. 1976;26:121-127