Relief of acute pain in chronic idiopathic gastroparesis with intravenous phentolamine

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2032-2036

  Phillips, William J ^a   Tollefson, Brian ^b   Johnson, Alisa ^b   Abell, Thomas ^a   Lerant, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastroparesis; Phentolamine

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIMIGRAINE AGENT; CLONIDINE; HYDROCODONE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MORPHINE SULFATE; NADOLOL; NORADRENALIN; ONDANSETRON; PARACETAMOL; PHENTOLAMINE; PROKINETIC AGENT; PROMETHAZINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRUG MECHANISM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GASTRIC DYSMOTILITY; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL GANGLION; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH PARESIS; VOMITING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; FEMALE; GASTROPARESIS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHENTOLAMINE;

EID: 33750983386     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1H255     Document Type: Article

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