Successful treatment of intractable hiccup with methylphenidate in a lung cancer patient

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 126-128

  Marechal R ^a   Berghmans, T ^a   Sculier, J P ^a  

^a JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cancer; Hiccup; Methylphenidate; Singultus

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; HALOPERIDOL; METHYLPHENIDATE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NIFEDIPINE; PHENYTOIN; PROCAINE; VALPROIC ACID; VINDESINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HICCUP; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTENSION; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MEDIASTINUM METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; HICCUP; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0038074159     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-002-0411-y     Document Type: Article

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